Headlines and quotes that I can’t get out of my head: “Despite the violence that left five dead, Lovell Mixon was not a monster.” “He don’t go up the street killing people. He don’t, he’s nice, he’s kind, he’s sweet, you know what I’m sayin’.” “The prison takes people and turns them lose without without [...]
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“He was a man trying to make it, trying to make it as a parolee.”
Posted in Sadness on March 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sheldon Brown
Posted in Cycling, Sadness on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can’t be a cyclist and not be sooner or later referred to the world’s most extensive collection of bicycle maintenence articles available on-line. I just learned that its creator, Sheldon Brown, died earlier this week. More here.
I’ve Had Better Days. I’ve Definitely Had Better Days.
Posted in Sadness on December 16, 2007 | 5 Comments »
It’s been a rough past couple of days. Personal stuff, certainly stuff I’m not going to write about here, are you crazy? That’d make it worse. But then what happened was, I was hoping to at least do a group ride with some folks this morning, and surround myself with smiling faces, but I flatted [...]
Lágrimas
Posted in Learning Spanish, Sadness on December 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today I received the saddest message from my Spanish teacher Natalia. I suppose I should be happy for her, for returning home to Madrid for the first time in say a billion years. And it’s not like I wasn’t forewarned. She’d only been planning the return for nearly a year. But after the ticket snafu [...]
That’s Some Blind Spot
Posted in Cycling, Endangered Species, Life in Marin, Sadness, This is nutso on October 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Heading home on Magnolia through Larkspur, I was nearly run over. My light was green, I had just passed the intersection, and in the corner of my eye, I could see the SUV merging into the lane behind me from my right. As he was making no clear effort to slow down, I swerved to [...]
A Mother’s Love
Posted in Fauna, Sadness on May 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This morning down the side of Mt. Tam I glide past another deer, a mother, no doubt, licking the soft, spotted fur, of her baby crushed by this morning’s commute. I pedal home and hug my cat just a little bit longer.
And So It Goes
Posted in Sadness on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922 — 2007
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