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Shadoobie…..PMC Day 2
Friends are so alarming My lovers never charming Lifes just a cocktail party on the street Big apple People dressed in plastic bags Directing traffic Some kind of fashion Shattered ============================================== At 3:30 on Sunday morning at Mass Maritime, it … Continue reading
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PMC Update, Day 1 Sturbridge to Bourne
So, where was I? Ah, yes, we hate cancer….A lot has happened since Friday night and I haven’t had a chance to update you all, but now I am home and I will try to bring you up to speed. … Continue reading
We Hate Cancer
So after six months of riding many, many miles–sometimes starting as early as at 5 am, sometimes on as little as 3 hours sleep, sometimes in 90 degree heat– we have finally reached the weekend of The Pan Mass Challenge. … Continue reading
Keep Moving
I was seven years old the day I walked home from school to find an empty house, cleared of all it’s furnishings, the halls echoing back my voice as I shouted, “anybody home?” It’s a clip, just a celluloid sized … Continue reading
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Dear Driver,
I know that you hate me. I feel your hatred rattle my bones when you drive up next to me, so close that if I were to turn my head I would see my reflection in your passenger window, stay … Continue reading
Drowning
As the school year comes to a close, I am finding it harder and harder to keep it all straight. End of year picnics, brunches, dances and finals all fighting to be remembered in a brain that has about half … Continue reading
Going it Alone
Being alone has been at the forefront of my mind recently. My teenage children 17, 14, and 11 have been particularly ornery lately and all three, even the nice middle one, have been using me as their punching bag. Quite … Continue reading
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It
So…according to some wack-job in California, the world will be ending tomorrow. That means I don’t have to clean my house. Not that I was planning on it anyway. I don’t think I have cleaned my house top to bottom … Continue reading
Get in Line
Toe the line . Stay on the straight and narrow. Onward and upward. It’s what we hear from a young age. Life is about pushing forward in a straight line. That’s what we are raised to believe. If we keep … Continue reading
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Let the Training Begin!
To say that I was nervous yesterday for the first long ride out on my brand new,ultra light,racing bike I got for Christmas would be an understatement. I was shaking and sweating and actually found myself whining like a 5 … Continue reading
Kicked by an Angel 