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Another Man’s Weeds
One man’s wildflowers are another man’s weeds. —-Antonio Vitalis, From Hell’s Heart I Stab At Thee Wildflowers, Huffhines Park, Richardson, Texas The City allows patches, often in vegetated medians or...
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You Will Be An Ocean Too
“Here is a good message from the ocean: You will be an ocean too if you let every river, every rain, every flood and every stream flow to you freely!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan I have written about it...
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Matcha
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground Matcha Tea, Berkner Park, Richardson, Texas I am having success with my plan of riding my...
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The Inmates Made Jokes About the Chair
“The inmates made jokes about the chair, the way people always make jokes about things that frighten them but can’t be gotten away from.” ― Stephen King, The Green Mile Nic Noblique, Chair No. 3,...
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And the Moon Rises
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ― Anton Chekhov One of my favorite bicycle rides is the Full Moon Ride – put on most months by the fine folks at Bike...
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Black As Night Sweet As Sin
“Black as night, sweet as sin.” ― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys My coffee thermos. Everybody gripes about Internet Ads and the little windows that pop up when you’re trying to find out who won the game last...
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Public Transportation
“The measure of a country’s prosperity should not be how many poor people drive cars, but how many affluent people use public transportation.” ― Michael Hogan A long time ago – five years or so, I rode...
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Bike Corral
“I had to ride slow because I was taking my guerrilla route, the one I follow when I assume that everyone in a car is out to get me. My nighttime attitude is, anyone can run you down and get away with...
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Bike Porn – Tribe
“A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only...
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A Pink Floyd Reference
Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune,...
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Upping My Bicycle Commuting Game – Part 1, Overview
Looking back over old journal entries I realized it has been over seven years since I first rode my bike to work: I Need a Victory Not long after that I wrote a detailed description of my ride home...
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Upping My Bicycle Commuting Game – Part 2, Cockpit Storage
“To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.” ― George Bernard Shaw As I worked on commuting the 5 miles to work on a regular basis – I realized I needed storage attached to my handlebars...
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Upping My Bicycle Commuting Game – Part 3, A Christmas Present
“I had to ride slow because I was taking my guerrilla route, the one I follow when I assume that everyone in a car is out to get me. My nighttime attitude is, anyone can run you down and get away with...
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Upping My Bicycle Commuting Game – Part 4, A New Backpack
“I’ve got my full rucksack pack and it’s spring, I’m going to go Southwest to the dry land, to the long lone land of Texas and Chihuahua and the gay streets of Mexico night, music coming out of doors,...
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Upping My Bicycle Commuting Game – Part 5, Gonex Garment Folder
“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, ‘Do trousers matter?'” “The mood will pass, sir.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters My 30 year old touring bike in The Cedars, Dallas, Texas...
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Upping My Bicycle Commuting Game – Part Six – Cycling Goals For the New Year
You should ride for meditation for 1 hour per day – if you’re too busy, then ride for 2 hours —- Old Zen Saying My 1987 Cannondale road bike at Trammell Crow Park. I have read that one thing that I...
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What I learned this week, June 12, 2020
An Important Message to all the New Cyclists During the Pandemic, and a Note to Experienced Riders In this Covid thing there seems to be a lot of people getting bicycles. My son went to look at...
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Trail on the West Bank Levee
“Just as the Mediterranean separated France from the country Algiers, so did the Mississippi separate New Orleans proper from Algiers Point. The neighborhood had a strange mix. It looked seedier and...
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What I learned this week, February 5, 2021
What We Learned from Tracking Cycling Deaths for a Year Louisiana, New York, California, Florida, and Texas were the five deadliest states for cyclists in terms of total fatalities. The latter three...
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Northaven Trail Pedestrian Bridge
“Likewise—now don’t laugh—cars and trucks should view the bike lanes as if they are sacrosanct. A driver would never think of riding up on a sidewalk. Most drivers, anyway. Hell, there are strollers...
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