This is the time of year when a fistful of knuckleheads will end up at the local fitness center and throw the weights on the floor. Why do they do that? Because they saw it in the Olympic Games. Never mind that the floor of the local fitness center is made of cement rather than …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
The Noble Tree
The noble tree. What do we get from the tree? On a hot day, we get shade. That’s a beautiful thing. We might take trees for granted until a hot day, and then the shade is so ultimately necessary. On a hot day the tree gets the appreciation it deserves. Sitting under a tree on …
Dum On A Bike
There once was a smarter than average guy who attached sparklers to his spokes, lit the sparklers and rode around in the not-so-dark night on a 4th of July. It looked really cool as the sparkling fire spun, but the guy was wearing shorts, so his legs got burnt on every rotation. More than one …
Where to Focus?
Blue is the color of the ocean, and the color of cold lips. Grey is the color of pigeons, and pocket lint. Brown is the color of mountains and dirt and old bananas and beat up apples and a scoop of chili and new shoes and a sweet chocolate bar. White is the color of …
Who Rules The Trails?
It’s not really about who thinks they rule the trails. It’s about the little bits of bike we all leave behind. It’s about the side of the tree with scrapes from the multitude of bikers who couldn’t see the towering thing and hit it with a handlebar. It’s about the plastic bottle wedged in a …
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