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Filed under: Arts and Culture, Hiking, History, Festivals and Events, Stories, United States A friend and I were talking today about what we’re up to. She’s up to traveling to California during the end of April with her boyfriend to look for a place to live one day. They’re starting in San Diego and heading up the coast. They don’t know exactly where they want to live so I threw out San Luis Obispo as a possibility. I’ve never been there, but have heard great things. One of my oldest friends,

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When I got to the office at around 11:30 Monday morning (I biked in, of course) after my 50-mile ride with Dan Elliott, I checked weather.com for the next day’s forecast. I’d heard rumors of heavy storms on the radio over the weekend, and I wondered if our plans for an all-day Editorial Fitness Community ride were in jeopardy. Sure enough, the forecast for Tuesday was strong T-storms, starting early morning and lasting all day. I have plenty of experience with rain riding, and I even find it k

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I think you can gauge your feelings towards something by the amount of money that you put into it. An interest or a whim, say, a cooking class, might cost $20 - $40. You’re testing the waters, seeing if you really like it, before you spend all sorts of moola on updating your kitchen stuff. It might be a one time thing. Now a hobby is a little more serious. It’s an on-going activity that you will continue to put money into, like scrapbooking, gardening, or sewing. You might spend $50+ every mon

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Courage consists in the power of self-recovery. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet Sports were initially the key to my regaining self-esteem. Skiing, biking, rafting, crutch hiking, open water swimming. They gave me satisfaction, they fed my love of speed and excitement, and they allowed me to attain the status of “not considering.” Notwithstanding the little bit of biking around our circle road in North Carolina and the occasional tandem ride with Carole along the ocean in California, biking was no

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What can I say… It’s been eons since I last posted here and this will only be a “here’s what I’ve been doing” update, but I figured it’s better than remaining off the radar. I’m still setting up my “new” blog. With Amanda and I moving our old Why Dogs? blog to 2 Feet 4 Paws, I was left with just Why Run? and Vox. One problem with Vox is that it’s more of a “social” service than a “publishing” one, and Facebook works better as the former. Vox is still cool as a personal blog for stuff lik

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