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Reflections on LIFT

“Beauty will save the world” Dostoevsky (in “The Idiot”) How do you describe LIFT to someone who has not encountered it? I think it was Leo Tolstoy who wrote “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” (it was, I checked). Since I keep using this quote, and to save…

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Christmas Epistle 2023

LXX birthday this year Home & Garden In January of this year Erica and I decided to have the interior of our house completely redecorated since it was well past its 25 year decorate-by date. Having obtained an estimate for the job from a local reliable contractor we decided to have new plasterboard nailed in…

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July 4 : Concord church

via Harshman Bridge Assembled at the Kohl’s car park at 8am (up at 5:30am)! The following lads accompanied me: Pat Williams (leader) Kevin Miles Jack Werle Joe Schroeder Mark Lieberman George The early morning was so cool that I had cycled over via the Glenn Miller park in my autumn long sleeved cycling jacket. However,…

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Mark’s Christmas Letter 2020

Dear family member / friend At my regular optician’s appointment in December of last year the optician made the pronouncement; my eyes had degenerated off the seeing end of the spectrum and I needed cataract surgery, i.e. I was officially ‘Old’. At the consultation at the Whitewater Eye Cenner the surgeon explained the cataract procedure…

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Aug 7 – 25 + Jack

I packed my bike on the carrier and drove up to Jack Werle’s place on Strader Rd for 5:30pm. We weren’t sure which way we were going to go, but Jack suggested “Eldorado” (pronounced “EldorAYdo”) and since I knew of the New Paris-Eldorado road I thought this was a good idea. Route We found Inke…

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July 6 – 34, solo

Solo ride on my birthday leaving at 8am ish. Lovely weather, breezy but not too hot. Route This is a favourite route of mine with a twist. SSW to Abington and then down the valley to Brownsville (14 miles). Up the side of the valley and then over across on W Byrd Rd, down a…

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July 3 – 44 + Jack

So, this was the route I’d hoped we would use on Sat June 20th. Jack had the Friday off (in lieu of Independence Day) & we set off at about 20 past 8. The weather was nice; not too hot, such wind as there was from the north. Route West on McConaha, the usual stop…

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June 16 – 38

With Kevin Miles and Pat Williams. Met at Kohl’s Car park at 8am! Route Out south via West Florence, return via Woolverton. Statistics Temperature 19 C Humidity Wind 3 mph ENE Weather

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June 11 – 42

Fast ride with Jack Wirle whom I met at the Tingler Rd Trailhead on the Greenway trail. Dashed up to Jacksonburg Rd then South doglegging along Clyde Oler, Dingle & then Smokey Row to Webster & then usual route home via King. North West wind behind us on the return journey made it really fast…

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May 9 – 44

Weather Parky (50F) Wind from N.W 11mph, gusting to 19mph. Route Took Greenway trail as far as Jacksonburg Rd trailhead (about 1:20). Stopped for an energy bar. South 6 miles down J’burg road to Swoveland Rd (HarvestLand Co-Op was where I took the photos), then 2 miles East to Sugar Grove. Right turn here and…