Open Shopping sales Boxing Dayblinders fall, turn to seehomeless who look like me;smile, ask to tea. Will New Year’s Eve closes yearreborn babe upon dawnblank slate potential yawnswith will to good. Warm Long cold walk around lakeHow do the birds stay warm?Wings touching, safe from harm.My hot drink: Cheers! top image by Michael S. Williamson…
Category: health
dVerse — Poetics — Inspired by van Gogh’s, “Window in the Studio”
What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then — even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show…
Decommission Line 5, the GIANT OIL PIPELINE that travels under The Great Lakes from Canada to the U.S.
Oil & Water Don’t Mix is an activist group doing their best to shut down Line 5. Learn more about the issue and how you can help here.
The Salton Sea’s Cloud of Toxic Dust
image link from here, which also leads to more information about the hazards of the dust I’ve blogged about The Salton Sea a few times over the years, including here. I came across the following article about the current, alarming situation regarding the sea and those who work and live near it. As the Salton…
New Helmet, New Trail Guide
Even though it’s been way too scorching hot out there to ride my bike, I did go to the bike shop and buy a new bike helmet (thanks again, half-fast!) While there, I picked up the latest trail guide. Even though it has a price on it, this bike shop gives a copy free (with…
Another Dumb Accident
On Wednesday evening at 6pm a group from out Bike Path Riders of Michigan met at the Nunica trailhead for an ~11-mile bike ride in 91F heat. Not wanting to get heat stroke or dehydration, I carried (2) 20+ ounce bottles of Tru-Lemon (10 cal per packet in each,) 2 cans of LeCroix flavored carbonated…
Getting Fit — 28+ Mile Bike Ride on 5/30/23
I rode with the same lady I went riding 9 miles with last week. We met up at a bike-friendly church (parking, bike repair kit, welcome to bikers signs, use our bathrooms) on the bike path and headed north on the Fred Meijer Berry Junction Trail. My new friend has an e-assist bike, so I…
Tao-Talk 