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Reading trees along the way
Trees along the way are signs that everything will be all right, even though you know everything will not be all right because everything is everything that is and isn’t right. But as the trees and miles multiply, the signs … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Off topic, Read and roll, Report from the road
Tagged bicycle, bike, Georgetown, Horsey Hundred, Kentucky, present tense, trees, wayfinding
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What do birds think of us humans? 30 days of biking, #30
What does a bird think of us? It’s all conjecture, isn’t it? No bird uses Google search, which would then allow its interests to be tracked, thus exposing a pattern of thought, maybe something of its reactions to us. Hard … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, bicycle, coffee, Off topic
Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bicycle helmet, bike, marketing, monetary system, money, Rock Island Greenway
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Read before burning bridges. 30 days of biking, #27
I’m back at the house no longer there and the flowers across the street from the house, the flowers that seem to follow the unattributable advice to bloom where you’re planted, though because flowers were blooming in place long before … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, bicycle, History, Off topic, Travel
Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bike, bloom where you’re planted, flower, mythology, Off topic
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A ditch in time. 30 days of biking, #24
This photo is a lie. Well, not a lie—instead, it contains far too little truth. Just like so many photos, paintings, sculptures, essays, speeches, inscriptions, magazines, books, podcasts, blogs, databases, casual conversations, compilations, tattoos, and cave paintings. What is truth? … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, bicycle, History, Off topic, Report from the road
Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bike, ditch, memory, questions, truth, water
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You’re outside more than you think. 30 days of biking, #21
—- Unless you’re thinking of cave dwellers, you have to believe humans spend more time outside than inside. Play along for a minute: Riding a bicycle? You’re definitely outside. Sitting under an umbrella? Yep. Outside. Walking inside a house? You’re … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, bicycle, Business, coffee, Infrastructure, Off topic
Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bicycle parking, bicycle rack, bike, coffee, coffee bike, infrastructure, shade
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