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Three entry points into the garden of earthly delights

It’s a crowded world out there: the sky above, the ground below, somewhere to go—and to return to—and on this day, the company of one’s shadow: that certain though shifting form born of the sun, the ground, and one’s intervening … Continue reading

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Peoria’s first roundabout: in Springdale Cemetery

Welcome to a simple grassway around an elevated circle (made of concrete? Stone?) surrounding an obelisk within Springdale Cemetery. It’s a different sort of traffic circle. No cars, for one. No road signs either—and you can stop wherever you want. … Continue reading

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Questions for the reader awheel

When you look at a bicycle, what catches your attention? The orange frame, the shiny cold-forged cranks, or the red panniers just slightly smaller than Rhode Island? When you ride a bicycle, are you more interested in the twisty gray … Continue reading

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Waving between eyeglass prescriptions

Details. I miss more of them the older I get. It’s not a matter of inattention—not for the most part—it’s the eyes or the glasses, or most likely, both. It seems progressive vision means progressively worse. Clap if you can … Continue reading

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What’s your line?

Ride around the block and you soon find yourself retracing your journey. Not exactly, of course: a single-track vehicle cannot help but make two tracks in the snow, the track of the rear tire crossing and recrossing the track of … Continue reading

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