Some Good Dogs

6/17/2025 Where did our ten years go, my graying friend, my love? How unfairly fast the time has come when your body can’t obey your great, great heart. No matter Tip, we were young together and knew what life was all about. Let’s turn back now and build a fire and take a little nap. – Gene Hill, “Idler of March” Gene Hill knew a dog's love. He was an outdoor writer for many years,…
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Back to cycling… maybe

6/16/2025 The last time I was in any kind of good shape from a fitness point of view was when I was a road bike rider. I only rode enough to call myself a rider for about 4 years. Oh, there was the time in 2019 - 20 when we were in Fort Collins for the summer for wrapping up IBS (Cru's Institute of Biblical Studies) and then when the pandemic hit that I rode…
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Lamb Wisdom

6/14/2024 I was out chatting with Junior the other day. He had just gotten help getting unstuck from the fence. Somehow he had managed to get his head completely through a gap down low just off the ground but couldn't get it back out. Though I had been the one to help him and really needed no explanation, he wanted to talk about it. I think he might have been a little embarrassed. Our talk…
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