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August 24, 2013 The signs on the Great River Road Trail say, “Bicycles Only.” Which explains the charity bike event I saw, bike after empty bike headed east toward Alton. Technology has figured out a way for bike owners to … Continue reading →

August 22, 2013  A night mare—she had insomnia, the poor horse—whinnied, “Quantum physics theory suggests that life is an illusion. It is our senses and emotions that tell us we see and feel when in fact we are spinning electrons, … Continue reading →

August 20, 2013 Southbound, on Route 101, 10:30 p.m. The sky is black, a sliver of moon having sunk below the coastal mountains of the artists’ colony of Cambria. Dave and I, on our way from San Francisco to his … Continue reading →

August 19, 2013  I said to a friend (she observed that I had the knack of meeting widowers on my walks), that the chronicles will never talk about women; women don’t stop and talk—unless they’re with a man. Certainly, a … Continue reading →

August 17, 2013 Had I taken my usual five mile walk yesterday, the following would not have happened. But I walked seven miles instead, adding thirty minutes (and leading to me saving a soft-shelled turtle from certain death on a … Continue reading →

August 15, 2013 Archaeologists have discovered a series of petroglyphs in southern Nevada that date to 14,500 BC. This trumps the previous U.S. record of 7,000 BC. Glyphs as an art form date back 175,000 years, including the cave artwork … Continue reading →

August 13, 2013 Author’s alert: There will be a tree frog in this anecdote, at the halfway point. But I digress. . . Have you ever examined your own posterior? Have you stood in front of a mirror, turned backwards … Continue reading →

August 10, 2013 I have a roommate, a solitary catbird. For two months she has spent the night perched atop the left porch support. At first I thought she had a nest there. But no. Something may have happened to … Continue reading →

August 8, 2013 The Great River Road path is now lined with waist-high stalked weeds with fuzzy tops (actual scientific name; Latin genus: weedus fuzztelacularbun; source: Wikipedia). I was walking west when a patch of weeds on my left began … Continue reading →