Posted in bike, books on October 10, 2007 | No Comments »
So we finished Journey to the Center of the Earth last night with a final two-chapter push. We will probably start Tom Sawyer next, with Howard Pyle’s The Story of the Champions of the Round Table on deck. The latest issue of First Things showed up, so Jane will have to wait for a few [...]
Posted in bike, family, food, nature, plants on October 8, 2007 | No Comments »
As dyed in blood the streaming vines appear,
While long and low the wind about them grieves:
The heart of Autumn must have broken here,
And poured its treasure out upon the leaves.
“Woodbines in October,” by Charlotte Fiske Bates (via Bartleby)
Busy weekend.
Friday night: vegetarian pizzas with homemade dough. Good stuff. Followed it up with The Protector, which was [...]
Posted in bike, books, faith, nerd on September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said [...]
Posted in bike, miscellany on September 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Blogging may be light for a little while as I’ve lost the use of one arm and hand. I had my first cycling accident yesterday and am now intimate with new terms such as “road rash”. I may (or may not) have fractured something in one arm, so the bump-n-scrape place splinted and slung me [...]
Posted in bike on September 10, 2007 | No Comments »
…posted on Monday, because I was too tired/forgot until now: 25 miles in 1:36. The original plan was for 20 miles, but I took a wrong turn and ended up having to backtrack a little. Overcast, not much wind. Terrain was pretty forgiving, and the scenery was delightful as usual.
Posted in bike on July 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Today’s ride: 16 miles, 59 minutes. YEAH!
Posted in bike, books, family, food on July 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Friday: homemade macaroni and cheese, followed by Drunken Master. Reactions to the movie: meh. The macaroni and cheese was great.
Saturday: a trip to Costco, that we might spend our refund-check-thingie and stock up on all the things we won’t be buying after our membership expires. I went to the bike shop and begged for deliverance [...]
Posted in bike, books, food, nature on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
So I’m shelving Shakespeare for now. The Two Gentlemen of Verona just isn’t grabbing me at the moment, and my blitzkrieg detour through HP7 has me in the mood for more fantasy. I’ve resume reading Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast books. I read Titus Groan last year some time, and found it to be one of those [...]
Posted in bike, books, faith, family, homeschool, nature on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Six deer, one flock of turkeys, a peacock and a goldfinch. Just managed to beat the rain in, too. It’s been pouring off and on here at the office all day, though it looks to have mostly moved out by now. I spent part of Saturday morning patching the rear tube three times before giving [...]
Posted in bike, books, family, nature on July 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The jamboree was great fun on Saturday, though we didn’t stay too long. It started getting warm and the littlest ones were starting to get uncomfortable in the heat. We drove through some new stretches of back roads and saw some beautiful scenery. A long sunshower blew through in the evening and the kids spent [...]
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