A close friend turned 60 the other night and got an superb bike from an inventor/bike maker friend (see photo). My pal had previously given the inventor a walker, painted in British racing green, with serious attachments. The Birthday...
“I DON’T FEEL GOOD”
It is not easy to work out, six days a week, for the rest of your life. And one of the things that makes it hard is waking up and saying to yourself, “I don’t feel good.” And deciding...
A Fortnightly Post
LIFE IS AN ENDURANCE EVENT: TRAIN FOR IT. WITH A TRAINER IF YOU CAN. I hate working with a trainer. Hate spending the money… hate the pressure… hate being told what to do. So I mostly...
OUR DAUGHTER IN THE WATER
Up at 3 a.m. … go to Battery Park to drop daughter Ranie and her husband Jorge so she can SWIM AROUND MANHATTAN!! 28 miles, with the tide both ways, we hope. Jorge rides in the control boat. SUCH...
“TRUE” JOINTS AND BOILING WATER
Poured a gallon of boiling water on foot ten days ago. Bad idea. Huge blisters and, in due time, infection, pain and shame. NOT POINT OF STORY, HOWEVER. Painful foot caused limp. Limp, in amazingly short time, caused very...
SUNDAY ROW
Over at our lake at 6:30 this fine Sunday morning… It was such a perfect day that there were already six cars in the little parking lot, up the hill and, eventually, a dozen boats on the water. Such...
