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The need to soften with a warning…takes the starch out of whatever the point is. /s. dodge man’s weather front just banged through dropping the temperature 20 degrees.

We’ll be getting the same the next few days…thanks

These recent additions to the ‘written‘ language…emojis among them, can leave me guessing, which is what I won’t do now at my age. The string of of consonants for the former ‘gay’ which was itself an adaption…one example that particularly aggrieves me recently is /s. You get it or you don’t.

All this cold weather talk reminds me of how it used to be in sunny Virginia, US. We have yet to have a true killing frost this year. I've had, in the 90s, a week's worth of zero (f) on the farm. And ten years ago I had 36in of snow on the ground where my calves climbed a corner drift and got...

Haven’t I heard the term “Peelers”, maybe in song

We vote inside the church…these are voter information setups. No soapbox politicking. Most of the voters here are Republicans…I heard lots of Amens and saw Liberty University swag.

Today a few states in the US have off year elections...In Virginia a new Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General as well as delegates to the state assembly are on the ballot. Virginia is guaranteed to elect its first female leader. I rode my bike to the polling place, a church where I've...

I pushed it out for the short loop and then realized at the end of my road my watch said I had another hour. My knee said "hold up there buster" but I turned left up steep Pouncey Track, worshipers from the Nunnery backing up behind me. But they were stuck for a bit until a right up Dunn's...

Rain the last few days including this morning. A break in the clouds and I saw my chance. 13.5 miles. The ride itself was uneventful except for the many and varied animal carcasses hither and yon. Skunks, squirrels, a vulture and a large buck deer. I'd rather see that buck in the pot than in a...

I went further afield today because 1) 3 days of rain in the forecast 2) have an October bet with my friend in Fredericksburg...my miles to his pool laps (down and back...50meters). I have really pushed this month despite bad leg (improving), 320m+, best month in years. Recent glitches in my...

A fine cool morning (50f) with little wind, and with a determination to fix or wreck my knee before my next Ortho appointment, I rode 20 miles with decent elevation (for me) of 1000'. October is a good weather month in my neck of the woods, and I've pushed my mileage before November's uncertain...

Pictures are from the last two day's rides...same route of 16 miles...Miz Hick's hard scrapple farm continues into this century...IDK the alpaca folks.

They were “normal“ 45 years ago

I took them for ICE on Pigeon patrol

Further afield today...the field was rimmed all the way around with these orange blossom specials. A mile or so along this road are the Seay's farms and houses. Seay road is some miles away and the road the pottery is on.

I read your initial post on the cassette and this morning sitting in my barn exhausted I looked across the way at the original wheels for my Allant9s mounted on a cross brace. The light was mostly from skylights and one cassette flickered with light. I like to think I saw the outer dark...

@RabH in a recent post I mentioned a Pottery. I sent a link to Fred the potter to see the pottery photos. He complimented your photos in a return email. I rode again today...pushing on a bad leg that nonetheless less feels better on the bike than walking to the barn. On the far brighter side my...

No frost on the pumpkins yet in Central VA but crisp this morning setting out. I rode over I64 and across Route 250 towards the James river through the honeyed part of Goochland. My first leg, Shallow Well RD begins near the above then penetrates eight miles through horse farms and fox-hunt...

I mentioned the crowd of vultures last week being harassed by a bald eagle. Here's a turkey vulture warming its wings in the sun on a post in my catch pen. I returned from a bit of unpleasantness at the VA in town in time for a breezy but warm (21c) ride. I believe the snake was just sunning.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/13/naked-bike-ride-protest-caps-week-portland-demonstrations/