Because ain't no winter like a late Vermont winter
'cause a late Vermont winter don't stop.

( Winter not stopping, under the cut. )

Eat, Sleep, Ride: How I Braved Bears, Badlands and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide:

On closer inspection the town consisted of no more than a crossroads, the branches of which were populated by half a dozen motels, a couple of diners, a post office and two gas stations with convenience stores attached. And JR's Taxidermy ( Read more... )

In which our intrepid heroine takes on an army of bitey, stinging ice pellets!

( Or as I tweeted right afterward, ICE PELLETS! )

Did you know this week is National Bike to Work Week? I didn't. I'm sort of oblivious to these things because nine months out of the year for me is national bike to work week. But! To get in the spirit of things, I biked home via the long and winding lakefront bike path, with my phone in one hand, madly snapping photos and wobbling all over the ( Read more... )

( Life is kind of awesome. )

Oh I do love a good library sale. Ours usually isn't, but this year there were a few choice morsels to be had, weird old dudes notwithstanding.

( Avast, me readers. )

About bikes. :)

So, I've become determined to be a year-round bike commuter, even though I live in a state where it routinely gets to be minus-20 effs outside, with snow everywhere. I've read things, man. I know it can be done. And when things get too furry, I can always take the bus.

( Bikewank:2010 )

So um, I think my phone just died ( Read more... )

Okay it really can't be September fast enough. And then it's fall, prelude to the best thing ever: winter.

This morning at work, the new fall issue of the staff newsletter arrived, and in it, the apple announcements. Yes, the apple announcements. This university has an experimental apple orchard that produces mad varieties of apples not easily ( Read more... )

Oh yes. Nine dogs, one house with fenced-in yard. The trick is to break them into teams by age.

( Cut for pooptalk. If you're not a dog-owner, that might be a little much. )