Josh_Kornbluth I am now a badass. This is entirely because of my new shades, which are prescription and change how dark they are depending on the ambient light. I got them to use while cycling (everyone else on my Team in Training team seems to wear shades), but I’ve found that I sometimes wear them when … Read more
Lesson one from this week: Never — never! — eat a big meal of Indian food the night before a training ride. Late on Friday evening I had a delicious chicken-curry dinner from a local Indian eatery. The next morning, about 10 minutes before our 8:30 a.m. “buddy ride” was to begin, I had a literally … Read more
When I started this blog, I intended to write an entry every day. It hasn’t worked out that way: I notice, for example, that my previous entry was on July 10, 2014 — and that entry described something that had happened back on June 1 of that year. The thing is, I have this cool app … Read more
About a month ago (I’ve been resting my blogging muscles since then), I completed my third 100-mile bike ride — the accurately named “America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride” in Tahoe. As with my two previous “centuries,” I did this one with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training (TNT — because, really, do you … Read more
Susan Duhan Felix has an automatic signature on her emails: “Stay Amazed.” The one email she’s sent me that hasn’t had that signature (because, I think, she sent it from her iPhone) is the most recent: it came in response to an e-blast I sent out to let people know that I’m now artist in residence at … Read more