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Richmond VA Modernism September 7, 2013
Today, Richmond seems quite the happening place. Because of its universities, and ample stock of old industrial buildings, the place has an urban feel that sometimes feels positively hip. Sadly, that was probably not the case in about 1962, when modernism was the rage elsewhere. Richmond’s staid past is probably why there are…
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Back to Ohio: Akron to Brecksville; July 2013
Since about 1997 our friends Jan and Gordon moved from Carrboro to Santa Barbara to San Jose, and then to Cleveland! Well, they settled in Brecksville, Ohio, midway between Cleveland and Akron. Tootie and I drove up for the weekend. The highlights were the excellent meals cooked by Jan, and the bike ride…
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CT: Stamford to New London in 2 1/2 days: July 27-30, 2013
“Connecticut is boring, ” so advised Bob Clark when I asked him if I should cycle across Connecticut. But Bob is from New Jersey. Since I am a Southerner, just being in Connecticut feels vaguely foreign. If I were to move there, it might indeed be boring, but such was not the case on a…
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Steve Johnson’s last adventure, March 16-22, 2013
Steve Johnson and I had been taking bikes rides and having other adventures for a long time. While our relationship was much more complex than just bike riding, our bicycle adventure to Cuba in March 2013 was just the last one in a shortened lifetime of bicycle adventures. We had already been taking long distance…
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