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Summer Solstice Celebration of Bicycles!
“The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.” John Howard, Olympic cyclist, set a speed record of 152.2 mph in 1985 It’s the longest day of the year up here beyond 42 degrees north. The weather is … Continue reading
Bicycle for Fun…and More!
It is a glorious April Saturday morning in New England. Sixty degrees: bright sun; cotton candy clouds; light breeze. I hop on my bike to go to the gym and run errands. I travel easily along city streets, many of … Continue reading
My Jane Austen Life
The prospects of Mr. Bennet’s five charming daughters, destined to be destitute upon their father’s death given the patriarchy of British law, improve considerably when the wealthy bachelor, Mr. Bingley, rents Netherfield estate in rural Herefordshire and invites them to … Continue reading
Wishing me Gone
Cambridge is a great bicycle city. We have more bicycle lanes per square mile than neighboring communities. We have protected cycling lanes, Hubway bike stations, designated parking areas, public repair stations, even a bicycle jug handle in Harvard Square. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberdeen Ave, Bicycling, bike lanes, Cambridge, cycling, Huron Ave
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End of Summer Travelogue
I ended my summer doing two of my favorite things – riding my bicycle and connecting with the friends I have made through my work in Haiti. Len and Cheryl Ann Gengel invited me to their beach house in Wells, … Continue reading
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Tagged Be Like Brit, Beverly, Bicycling, Cambridge, cycling, Danvers, Gengel, Hampton Beach, Ipswich, Kiettery, Labor Day, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Newbury, Newburyport, North Hampton, Ogonquit, Peabody, Portsmouth, Rye Beach, Salisbury, Seabrook, Somerville, Stoneham, Topsfield, Wakefield, Wells, Wenhem, York Beach, York Harbor
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Cyclist Power
I am getting in touch with my inner radical. I don’t really have the disposition for it, but at this moment, I’m pretty amped about injustices I perceive all around me. I am accustomed to the litany of complaints that … Continue reading