tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post2221482526474339471..comments2021-12-04T01:15:45.676-08:00Comments on Pedaling East: Creatures Beneath MeSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759609166941428668noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post-65242689739267288402009-06-19T20:05:48.458-07:002009-06-19T20:05:48.458-07:00Bah! She's got nothing on you! Turns out aft...Bah! She's got nothing on you! Turns out after reading the book I learned that her trip around the world was mostly WITH a bike - not so much ON the bike. In other words, it was more a hoax than anything.Steven Radicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post-71999904297387399642009-06-17T16:41:25.110-07:002009-06-17T16:41:25.110-07:00Steven, You disgrace me.
I complain when my gear...Steven, You disgrace me. <br />I complain when my gears don't work<br />but she did not have gears. <br />I complain when the pavement is rough<br />but she did not have pavement.<br />I write of deep personal change<br />she seems to have all that done already<br />Thank you, Steven<br /><br />Michael, good to have you backSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759609166941428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post-9240574538277388922009-06-17T10:10:38.316-07:002009-06-17T10:10:38.316-07:00Sharon, I have been out of commission for almost a...Sharon, I have been out of commission for almost a week -- sorry about that, but I had a bad cold which I am now almost recovered. So I updated the map today and read your complete blog postings from the past week or so... The prairie is magical as well -- just like in life different from where we came from... Keep me posted on the small towns along the way in your blog and I will add them into the map. All the best, MichaelMichael I Angermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673713077911797949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post-45466372276913046752009-06-16T21:16:25.260-07:002009-06-16T21:16:25.260-07:00I am reading a book about Annie Londonderry, who r...I am reading a book about Annie Londonderry, who rode a bicycle around the world in 1894. Here's an 1894 poem from the book:<br /><br />Away on the road where the dusty clouds whirl<br />Away with a spirit ecstatic<br />goes the cool-as-an-icicle, bicycle girl<br />Bestriding the latest pneumatic;<br />She heeds not the scoffers who scorn,<br />Though knickers her kickers adorn,<br />The cool-as-an-icicle, bicycle, tricycle maiden by no means forlorn.<br />- Judy London, 7/29/1894Steven Radicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post-72338166839097672752009-06-16T17:08:31.364-07:002009-06-16T17:08:31.364-07:00Yes, Kath, I might have settled for cereal in Cere...Yes, Kath, I might have settled for cereal in Cereal if it had internet, but it had only one shabby hotel and a café where at least I found a meal, the only meal today. So I sailed on like a ship in a trade wind, pedaling easily to Oyen. If it were not for favorable wind, Columbus might not have made it either.<br /><br />Thanks for joining me here, Joyce. You know Kath from when you came to her place for my talk and slide show a year ago. I am happy that your Big Bear treated you more friendly than mine did.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759609166941428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post-56039011551962402442009-06-16T12:30:12.848-07:002009-06-16T12:30:12.848-07:00Hi Sharon,
I'm just tuning in after many week...Hi Sharon, <br />I'm just tuning in after many weeks of being too busy. Greg and I escaped last week for 3 days - to celebrate our 40th anniversary and my 60th Bday at Big Bear Lake. A full moon hung over the Lake, maybe you enjoyed it too? I'm thankful for your journal. Your writing makes your adventure tangible for me, and a memorial to cherish. Thank you for sharing your days and life with me/us. Warmly, Joyce and Greg MillikanJoyce Millikanhttp://www.jmcharacter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190001911862958101.post-84412740711196659662009-06-15T23:01:11.939-07:002009-06-15T23:01:11.939-07:00Being both a percussionist and an artist the surre...Being both a percussionist and an artist the surreal description of you climbing out the hellish drum-abyss with the whole prairie falling in after you like a big wave, invites both Dali-esque visions and drum circle delirium, especially when you include the dinosaur cemetery, that gradually trasforms into you and the rest of us under layers of rock far into the future, mixing and matching with the dinosaur bones...whew... I can just hear the shifter-gearbox brain turning (and rattling!)and now happy with a good meal, and a refreshing drink! Now what do you yen for... oh yes?<br />no, no (and this is priviledged information) you're going to "Oyen" tomorrow... and if not, you'll settle for "Cereal". Anyone will think I am very silly by now, but it is really true, she told me she would settle for "Cereal", with internet. Hehe. Well, I think even yuppie bagels are better, no? Maybe not. Well whatever you have for lunch, may it be with internet. Or else we will miss you too much. Thank you for your fantastic visions and stories! May your shifter shift only in the right direction! And sing along sassy tune, no no I mean... to Saskatoon!Kathabelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863810661468891882noreply@blogger.com