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“My Dinner with Lyman” in small town France, September 30, 2025
Even at home, meals are important events in my day; sometimes the most important thing. Lyman and I faced an evening meal conundrum on the first night of our eight day bicycle tour of southwest France. I had big expectations. The French, they say, try to make every lunch, dinner or even breakfast as special…
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Cycling to Wilmington NC, from nearby Wrightsville Beach NC; September 2025
Tootie rented a classic beach house in Wrightsville Beach NC for two weeks and invited friends and family. The star of the show was my grandson Frankie, now nearly nine months old. We were also all smitten by the house. Built in 1923 they do not make them like this anymore. While the plumbing has…
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Pilgrimage to Nazareth; August 25-28, 2025
I had enough points for an American Airlines ticket to Philadelphia but otherwise had no idea where to bicycle once I got there. Looking at a map of eastern central Pennsylvania, I noticed Nazareth PA. “The Weight” by The Band is a great song. Supposedly songwriter Robbie Robertson had an inspiration in about 1968 when…
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Cycling up to Danville VA; August 12-13, 2025
Both Tootie and I use bicycles to accomplish much of our shopping and daily errands. Until recently we had two cars but her late mother’s 2004 Honda Accord with 197,000 miles was deteriorating, sometimes sitting unused for months at a time. Two weeks ago after I had to pay over three hundred dollars to fix…