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The Universal Charm of Spokes
Lincoln Street in Gardner Massachusetts is mid-way up the hill. Higher than the rows of worker housing that sit tight to the shuttered mill buildings below. Less elevated than the formerly grand mansions of the mill owners above. A solid … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bike repair, Gardner MA, MBTA Commuter Rail, trains
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Trip Log – Day 2 – Seabrook, NH to Portland, ME
Miles Today: 89 Miles to Date: 154 May 7, 2015 I rolled north with the spring, a notoriously swift and fickle season in New England. The morning was crisp, the breeze on Rye Beach chilly. In … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, cycling, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Maine, Portland, Rye, York, York Art Association
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Trip Log – Day 1 – Cambridge, MA to Seabrook, NH
Miles Today: 65 Miles to Date: 65 May 6, 2015 As I pedaled away from the Alewife T station, against the flow of commuters filing into the subway, I murmured, ‘one mile down, 20,000 more to go.’ A fellow cyclist … Continue reading
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Tagged Amesbury, bicycle, CMAA, cycling, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Minuteman Bike Trail
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Trip Log T-1: Acknowledgements
I want to thank everyone who has tried to fatten me up. Larry gave an amazing send-off dinner with four courses that culminated in me staring at the biggest piece of tres leche cake I’ve ever seen, until I ate … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, carrot cake, cycling, gas = time, red velvet cake, tres leche cake
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The Fine Print
‘Awesome’ is the most common response I get from people when I describe my upcoming trip. ‘Crazy’ runs a distant second, and ‘Dangerous’ a close third. Though I prefer to focus on the awesome aspects of my journey – the … Continue reading
The Responses: Whom am I Going to Ask?
The more people who want to answer my question, “How will we live tomorrow?” the better. For starters, I plan to ask four specific groups: people I know; people I don’t know, people in power today; and people who offer … Continue reading
The Question: How will we live tomorrow?
As I travel across 48 states, I plan to ask people along the way, “How will we live tomorrow?” Why ask a question? Why ask that particular question? A ready question is a conversation starter. Traveling alone is conducive to … Continue reading
The Route: Where and Why?
I want to ride my bicycle to all 48 contiguous United States. I don’t know why. The idea lodged in my head a few years ago and the itch just keeps growing. Bicycling across country is noteworthy but hardly unique; … Continue reading
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Tagged Amana, bicycle, Calatrava, Corning, cycling, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dearborn, E. Fay Jones, Ferguson, Getty Museum, Milwaukee, Oneida, Taliesin, Williston
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Route 6A Brewster
Bicycling to Cape Cod is becoming an annual tradition. This week I rode to Eastham to visit Jan and Mike Golan, pedaled to Falmouth to see my son, and then returned to Cambridge. Cape Cod Baseball League game each night, … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Brewster, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Baseball League, Cape Cod Rail Trail, cycling, Eastham, Route 6A
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Slow Go
I like maxim’s to live by. They provide structure and form, if not meaning, to our everyday tasks. I have a new one that has been boiling up for a year or so now. Slow Go. Slow Go means wherever … Continue reading
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