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2016 MS Bike Ride
Anne and I had a great time this weekend participating in this year’s MS Bike Ride. I want to give a shout out to all our donors, thanks for all of your support. It all goes to a good cause, … Continue...
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The Flying Bicycle – Vélo Volant
Last month, on our last day in Canada, we did our imitation of the flying bicycles scene from the movie ET. Vélo Volant is a tourist attraction located near Sutton, in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. It is...
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In a Frog’s Mind-Eye
The heat broke last night. Today was a wonderful day, with lower temperatures and humidity. I rode in the park, while Anne went to school. This weather pattern looks like it will hold through most of...
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Math Interventionist
It was another beautiful day in paradise. It was unusually warm for this late in October. The mercury was driven so high by a stiff south wind. The wind was also blowing the spray from the Round Lake...
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“24”
24:00 No Jack Bauer, no ticking clock, but plenty of action to be had. This post is about what has occurred in the last twenty-four hours. No worries, it’s all good. Friday featured dinner and a show....
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Halcyon Days
These are the last halcyon days of autumn. Tomorrow looks dark and the day after darker still, as we collectively dive down into darkness, solstice and then winter. Yes, winter is coming. Still, live...
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For Want of a Nail
It all started with the peppercorn grinder. We’ve been having corn on the cob lately, which I like to have all slathered in butter and then I like to sprinkle lots of fresh ground pepper on top of it....
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Lazy Days of Summer
It is not summer anymore. It is actually more like late fall, but you wouldn’t know it at all, if you were outside today. I went to the botanical gardens and walked around taking pictures of the...
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Clinking Ice Cubes in Your Skates
It’s November 17th and it was 82 °F today. This record high blows away the previous record, which was 80 °F and was only set a few years earlier, in 2012. According to my records, the record high...
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A Knight in Iridescent Armor
It’s cold here now, which strangely feels good. It feels more seasonal. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, but day-after-day of record high temperatures can get a little bit unnerving, what with...
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Passing on the Left
Yesterday, the high was in the sixties, when I found this bad boy parked on the edge of the bike path in Forest Park. Its shell was more than a foot in diameter. When I first arrived and then when …...
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My Favorite Photos of 2016
As the year 2016 winds down a there is an air of foreboding towards the new year. On this new year’s eve though, I choose not to look forward, but to look back over the past year and to only look for...
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Back In The Saddle Again
I got back on the bike today. The mercury hit the sixties and I hit the road. This was my first bicycle ride of the year, but it certainly won’t be my last. It felt good to be back in the saddle …...
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Out And A Boat
Today, was the first decent day weather-wise that we’ve had in about a week. I took full advantage of this little respite from winter by getting out and about as often as I could. In addition to my...
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Women’s March on Saint Louis
We marched! I joined Anne, Joanie, Pat and about 15,000 other people, as we all marched down Market from Union Station to the Arch. It was glorious! The weather was perfect. It hit seventy degrees...
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Common Tern
Our replacement 49″ flat-screen TV set arrived today. I got the FedEx guy to help me unbox it. I then set it up and lo and behold it worked. Thanks Dan and Dave, better late then never! Currently, it...
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Orchid Show
The Missouri Botanical Garden’s annual February orchid show has always been a welcomed relief from the doldrums of winter and with Anne transitioning out of her role as Math Interventionist, I went to...
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Back in the Saddle Again
I`m back in the saddle again. I’m back. Out where a friend is a friend. Riding high. Riding the range once more. Whoopi-ty-aye-yay! Back in the saddle again. – Gene Audrey / Aerosmith Mashup Anne went...
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Passing on the Left
Yesterday, the high was in the sixties, when I found this bad boy parked on the edge of the bike path in Forest Park. Its shell was more than a foot in diameter. When I first arrived and then when …...
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British Museum
We spent our first full day at the museum. First though, there was breakfast at Ozone Coffee, a very hip and cool local roaster. We’ll be back! We popped in there, because when we popped out of the...
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