...so very proud: Amy has been knitting lately, and has -also- taught Chloe. Chloe loves it. Her Grandma, my mom [who passed in 1997], would be beyond proud of this. Chloe's first project [seen above] is for a special guest......

I've got to get out. Anything. Maybe there is a lecture at the L.S.E.. I check in my bookmarks in the folder 'lectures & seminars'. 'Can the EU make a difference in the Middle East? Professor Jean-Pierre Filiu. 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building'. It doesn&...

The economy hitting close to home. As hard as I try, there are some times when being positive or finding "the bright side" seems impossible. After spending 3 hours at the gym last night I realized I can only work out so long or run so far. All in my attempt to avoid. To stop thinking just ...

When riding, as in Life, one often thinks of Their Space. While walking, that space is more often than not where your two feet are planted: step-air-step-air-step-air-step. While riding, the Cycler more often than no casts that space as their......

It has been two months since we harvested our 2008 olives.  The yield was not as down from previous years, but the quality of the Olive Oil is fantastic.  Our next shipment is on its way.  All our hard work has certainly paid off.  We have received a lot of great feed back fr...

one of these days I'm going to carry on cycling right past the door and out into the hills of Kent. Especially on a day like today when my first task of the morning is to scrape the dog shit......

More than a few folks have suggested a vid of me throughout the last 3 years... well, I have no video.  But I do have pics, and with those was able to put together the following 'Greatest Hits' package.  When Amy & Chloe watched it for the first time, they were stunned [me, I thought i...

I started being bothered about age when I turned 30. That birthday got under my skin. I understood why though: my brother, unbeknownist to him, or my mom & dad, had forecasted my death when I was 12 years old......

First ride on BBC#1 in over 3 weeks [without even realizing it, I rode the El Dumbino exclusively during that period-and always with Chloe and/or serious boatloads of cargo]... and that was one glorious ride.Long, fast [for me at least],......

The Mrs-Inflicted exiled break from all this has been good, actually great, and along with it has given me time to think about things, mainly "Why?".Why keep LFoaB up & running?Why allow those [few] that spew really nasty things at......