Short Fall Days at the Park
Sunday afternoon, I’m working on my Damn Yard™ clearing leaves from approximately 8000 trees and look into the sky. Figuring how low the sun is hanging along the horizon, I determine it’s got to be fairly close to 5pm. Maybe even 6:30pm. Nope – it was only 2:30pm. Is it just me, or does the...
Fly Me To The Moon (and back)
I’ve been known to travel. Not just a little bit. A lot, actually. Too much, really. I know a lot of people who glamourize travel. To them, travel represents a vacation or possibly some type of adventure to a new, never-seen place. It started out that way for me as well. My first “grown up”...
Rah, rah, rah, for Ski-U-Mah
A couple of months ago, I was sitting at my desk pouring through the usual flood of emails and came across an electronic newsletter from Lifescience Alley. In it, I saw a call out to members of the medical device industry from a professor at the University of Minnesota. He is a professor in the...
Rides #47,48,49: Back in the Saddle, Again
If there is anything that I have learned about my numerous years on the bike, it is that riding is in the blood. It is always there and can never be completely suppressed. In my case, I took a 10-year hiatus from riding shortly after completing college. Fulltime job, marriage, new house, young daughter –...
Ride #38: Tour de Fat
While I was researching the details for the Midtown Greenway ride, I noticed that they were participating in an upcoming event called the Tour de Fat. This event is sponsored by one of my favorite companies, New Belgium Brewery, and is all about bike-centric culture. It is a traveling festival that features a bike parade...
