Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the projects I take on. I know, I do it to myself. But that’s how invested I am in my…
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I wake to a warm wind blowing from the south. Change rides its fickle breezes. It is mid-October, and the trees are beginning to don…
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We are living in challenging times: a society whose social fabric is fraying, a dangerous pandemic, environmental catastrophes and unrest in every part of the…
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On June 22, 2919 I was one of a cadre of speakers and thinkers who saw ways to make our world better environmentally, socially and…
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“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” ― John F. Kennedy Gratitude is essential if we want…
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Last year, a friend gave me a journal for my birthday, one of the most beautiful gifts I can receive. Looking back, each journal I…
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I said I would never do it again. I said that four years ago in September, when I’d spent the day canning over 50 pints…
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I kind of let the story of RAGBRAI (The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) drift off into the ethereal. I guess I didn’t…
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There are few statements that will bring conversations to a halt in a bike shop. One of those is “I’d like you to exchange my…
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I’m riding to work today. I rode to work last Friday, and I’ll be riding again tomorrow, and probably until the snow flies. I’m riding…
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