Whilst riding from Sainte Genevieve, MO to Cape Girardeau, MO, I had two deeply spiritual revelations: First, rain is God’s bicycle wash. Second, God is personally, persistently concerned that my bike be freshly washed. The weather forecasts (yes, I check more than one) all called for a fine day or riding. There was supposed to […]
STL2NOLA 01 – St. Louis, MO to Ste. Genevieve, MO – Headwinds & Hills
Day 1 done. Starting at the north end of Grant’s Trail in Kirkwood, MO, I visited Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery and then rode down to Sainte Genevieve, MO. Here is my ride. Starting out on Grant’s Trail was beautiful. It is part of the Great Rivers Greenway so it is nicely maintained and full of […]
STL2NOLA Change of Plans Already
Bicycling from St. Louis to New Orleans ought to be easy. Wheel the bike out of the garage. Turn right. Pedal for a long time. It’s all of the darned details that confound. Do you remember how, just two days ago in St. Louis to New Orleans, I wrote, “Man plans; God laughs.” Well He’s […]
Getting Ready to Bicycle Tour from St. Louis to New Orleans
For the last several weeks, I have been planning my next bicycle tour. I will follow the Mississippi River south from St. Louis to New Orleans. Three years ago, I followed the river north to Minneapolis. You can read about that trip in St. Peters to Minneapolis. This year’s trip will give me almost the […]
Digitizing Old Slides
More than 20 years ago, I tried to digitize my old slides and negatives into computer files. I gave up. The computer that I had at the time lacked the horsepower to get the job done in a reasonable amount of time. Today, things have changed and it is going easy as pie. It is […]
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
I am sitting in my living room particularly troubled by yet another mass killing: at least 15 Jews murdered at Bondi Beach in Australia. This in concert with two more killings in the news cycle in the last couple of days: two dead at Brown University and Rob Reiner and his wife murdered. And there […]
A Playlist for Hope
For many moons, my emotions have been bouncing all over the place. Sometimes up, sometimes sideways, but always lower, kind of like the ball in a pachinko machine. When I catch myself on a downward trend, what works for me is to intentionally turn to something uplifting. Right now, looking for reasons to be hopeful […]
Missouri is Better at Killing Missourians than Iran is at Killing Israelis
You are right. That is kind of a click-bait headline but hear me out. I have some statistics that will leave you scratching your head and going, Hmmmmmm. In June of this year, Israel bombed Iran in order to damage Iran’s nuclear weapon production pipeline. Iran retaliated, firing missiles and drones back at Israel. During […]
Stretching a Photo
I did a little experiment today. I took one of my photos (sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico on New Years Day 2025) and stretched it to be twice as wide as it was originally. Here is the result. Not bad, eh? I used the Seamcarve filter in the G’Mic-Qt plugin for GIMP. Here is […]
There are Elephants in the Room
There are elephants in the room that would like some attention and it’s time we give it to them, because it might literally be a matter of life and death. These elephants have been around as long as people, but they’ve gotten a lot meaner and scarier since last Passover.
Let’s Eliminate Real WFA
I received an email today from a museum that I care deeply about, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. Some of its funding is threatened since the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has been effectively shut down. When I investigated further, I discovered that IMLS also supports many other Missouri organizations […]
Thumb Wrist Neck Waist Height
I was somewhat older than I am in this photo of my parents and me when my dad taught me something kind of amazing. It popped into my brain while I was trying to take a nap this afternoon. Go get a long piece of string or yarn. Wrap it around your thumb. Now double […]
Avoid Targeted Advertisements
I would wager that you have been dismayed to see an advertisement targeting you very shortly after you searched for similar products. Maybe the ads showed up in Facebook. Maybe they showed up on a completely unrelated website. This practice goes by several names: targeted advertising, targeted marketing, and remarketing to name a few. It […]
Sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico
Back in December, I decided that I wanted to start 2025 by watching the sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico from Grand Isle, LA. Candy and I hauled our travel trailer down to Grand Isle State Park. The weather cooperated, and I got three gorgeous shots. Here are small versions of the photos that I […]
Come Back – תחזור
I want to share a beautiful song with you, Come Back performed here by two Israelis, Cantor Shirel Richman and Shinshinit Gaya Zohar. Earlier this week, Hamas released three civilian Israeli hostages, all young women, in exchange for 90 convicted Palestinian prisoners. Today, Hamas released four Israeli soldiers, all women ages 19 and 20, in […]
Warm Weather Pictures for a Grey Day
Though we are only hours away from the beginning of Chanukah and a whole 12 hours into Christmas, outside it is definitely not a winder wonderland here in St. Louis. It is grey and drizzly and in the 40s. As an antidote, I have published a small set of photos from a warmer time of […]
My Hands Shook with Essential Tremor
My hands have shaken or trembled for years. For instance, I used to be able to solder with confidence. Then I had to concentrate and find workarounds because sometimes the soldering pencil would not stay in exactly the position it needed to be, knocking the wires loose. It had gotten worse over the last couple […]
Centr Multi-Gym Review
I have been doing some strength training to maintain fitness and mobility and to stave off osteoporosis. They say that you need weight-bearing exercise for that and neither my bicycle riding nor hoisting tankards of ale seem to count. Thus, I am reduced to mundane exercises like biceps curls, lat pull-downs, chest presses, and so […]
Springfield and the Quad Cities
A couple of weeks ago, Candy and I took our first real trip with our travel trailer. We spent a day in Springfield, IL and then a few days in the Quad Cities area. We opted for full service campgrounds on this trip, with full hookups (electrical, water, and sewer), so that we could have […]
Launching into an RV Life
Saturday night, Candy and I did something we had never done before: we spent the night in a state park in our travel trailer. We are the proud owners of a new-to-us 2020 KZ Sportsmen LE. It has recliners, a kitchen big enough to cook real meals, and air conditioning (a must-have in Missouri!). It […]
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