chill

The mail was heavy today after the long holiday weekend….and the delivery was horrific. Mountains of packages…endless roadways of letters. Yuck. White knuckle mailman….all day long. I realized, though,  that whether I was freaking out or I was playing it … Continue reading

mileage

I have over 250,000 miles on my mail Jeep. That’s a lot of hard driving. I was looking at the mileage the other day, and thinking about how it would be good to try and keep the old Jeep going, … Continue reading

how to can’t

I changed the drive belts on my daughter’s little Sentra the other day, and before I did the job, I consulted the internet for guidance. Of course, the things that I read mostly talked about the problems that people were … Continue reading

the ridge

Check this out….Danny Macaskill….riding a mountain bike in Scotland. This is pretty insane stuff. I have friends who could probably do this…on a lesser scale, of course….but when I got dragged along into some of the adventures, I always felt like … Continue reading

fringe

I was thinking today that sometimes it seems like every miraculous thing that’s happened to us happens on the fringes of our lives. Maybe that’s not true. Maybe it’s not every thing….but maybe it’s a lot of the fantastic? Maybe … Continue reading

rush hour

It’s a jungle out there….and you have to know when to stay off the road. You could get caught in a traffic jam…..with all the exhaust and noise. Unless….you’re in a different country and the bulk of the traffic is … Continue reading

miracle in the stairwell

Of course, this isn’t even close to a miracle. It’s just another machine being fixed in a place you wouldn’t expect would be enough room for a mechanic to do his job. But….a bicycle is a pretty cool thing. And … Continue reading