the library

I heard someone say that when one of us passes….when one of us isn’t physically here on Earth anymore….that we “lose a library”. I guess that what they mean is that all the knowledge goes away. I don’t know about … Continue reading

grooveshark….rip

I couldn’t find something I wanted to listen to on Spotify this morning….so I went to what I thought would be the next best thing, Grooveshark.com….and it was gone. Gone. That’s a small tragedy in the sheme of tragedies….but it … Continue reading

the different breed….the better breed

These guys are here….here in Iceland….because they are “better” somehow. They “know” what to do….and aren’t afraid to do it. They are a different breed….and I can never hope to be able to do any of the things that they … Continue reading

my safe magazine

Holy Smokes. It’s early here. I get up early….maybe because I help Nate go to sleep at eight….and when I wake up in his bed (after falling asleep with him again) and make my quiet exit from his room, it’s … Continue reading

rushing to the sea

Jenny took the kids down to the river to play yesterday afternoon….but we’d had some hard rain the night before, and the water was too strong. It was rushing to the sea too hard for playing. The rain was a … Continue reading

the caravan

This is a long video of a family’s bike trip through a part of Michigan. Check out the set-up they have going…..tagalong with a Burley trailer mounted to the tagalong. Holy Smokes!! I never would have thought of that. But….it … Continue reading

“What would you do if you were not afraid?”

“What would you do if you were not afraid?” What would you do if you were not afraid? Here’s a Ted talk from a lady who quit her teaching job and cycled 17,285 miles from Alaska to Argentina with her family. … Continue reading

I don’t get permission….but it’s so good….

I don’t have permission to post this. I don’t know how to get permission. I should get permission. It’s illegal not to get permission. But….this is too good not to share. It’s a short article from the Oct 2014 issue … Continue reading

long trip to the mall

So….what do these kids these days like to do with their time? Go to the Mall? Of course, I’m kidding…… But, really….what do these kids these days like to do? I know that mine don’t like to go to the … Continue reading

good news, long haul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gbJ5mWB4DI I don’t remember ever hearing anything about this guy on the “news”. Of course, he cycled from Alaska to Florida to raise people’s consciousness about all the “good things” that were going on in the world. That’s not “newsworthy” … Continue reading