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Beethoven portrait sketch

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Ditching a Self-Bullying Mindset

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January 21, 2021

As part of learning to draw and reading about music history,…

Pandemic hair

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Begone, 2020! Looking Back at an Intense Year

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December 31, 2020

2020 in a nutshell. (Choking haze courtesy of wildfire smoke.) Good…

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Circling Back to the Oregon Coast and California Redwoods

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December 16, 2020

Between the pandemic and smoke, we spent a biiit more time…

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The Best Books I Read In 2020

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December 3, 2020

Amid all the upheaval of 2020, at least I found time to…

Guacamole Mesa views mountain biking

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Posturing Ain't Pretty (and Other Desert Teachings)

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November 18, 2020

The area around Hurricane, Utah is a tumultuous riot of…

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Solitude in the Elkhorn and Wallowa Mountains

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November 4, 2020

Coming off two weeks working on my parents' property right before…

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Sewer Trenches Versus Carpal Tunnel

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October 29, 2020

The project! My brother provided me with an Official Construction…

trail of the hiawatha ebike

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My Case For Why Ebikes Rule

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October 22, 2020

My dad ticking off (rainy) miles on the Trail of the Hiawatha…

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Setting Up a Garage Gym for Home Workouts

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October 14, 2020

GarageFit! You won't need a spare wheel that randomly arrived…

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The Wonderful, Trying Adventure of Bike Touring

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October 8, 2020

Ahhh, nature. Traffic, wildfire smoke, and 95 degrees. What…

castle-in-santagata-di-puglia

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Say What, I'm (Almost) An Italian Citizen?!

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September 9, 2020

Bike touring magic in Northern Italy in 2015. I never met…

columbia gorge storm

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Dealing With Emotional Lightning Strikes

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August 26, 2020

A moody day overlooking the Columbia Gorge. When I get hit…

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