Author: Paco Marshall
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Not bicycling to Susan Cowswill, November 22, 2024
In my previous post I had bemoaned over-enthusiasm towards the most famous musical talents while not appreciating the lesser known. Susan Cowsill? Taylor Swift she is not. The youngest member of the 1960’s family band The Cowsills, she has been a performer for nearly sixty years. She has played with her five older brothers, alone,…
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Taylor Swift by bicycle; October 25-27, 2024
Tootie’s sister Kathryn has a friend Suzanne. They met in college over forty years ago and remain close, even though the whole time Kathryn has lived in Winston-Salem NC, five hour’s drive from Suzanne in Virginia Beach VA. Very coincidentally Suzanne, growing up in Virginia Beach, had been friends with MY sister Jane, but only…
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Dinner in Raleigh NC, November 9, 2024
Tootie bought an electric-assist bicycle this past summer mostly to ride the three miles to Dave and Louise’s house. They have a swimming pool and we have pretty much an open swimming invitation. Tootie loves to swim laps. Furthermore, hanging with Dave or Louise or other friends around their pool is a calming presence in…
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Cycling southern Portugal, Alentejo to Algarve; October 6-13, 2024
My brother Alex lives in a medium sized seaside town in the Alentejo region of Portugal, two to three hours drive south of Lisbon, about halfway down the coast. I started my bike trip there with him. Alex, his wife Kristi Barlow, and their daughter Eleanor Claire had moved to this town a little over…
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