How Are You Cheering?

​You know those long, steep hills?
In life, or on a bicycle?
They can be Tough!

Did Things Show Up In a Different Way?

Six weeks from June 20 until Empire State Bike Tour.

Disappointment was my take—
Not getting to meet on Root River Trail,
For bike ride with son & young boys,
Plus, picnic in a park.
Seemed like loss.

​”What Are YOU Thinking?”

As of May 23, ten weeks ’til bike trip!

A ride this week was
One of most exhausting I’ve ridden!
Wasn’t length — 27mi. very do-able now.

How Do You Get Shape Back Into Your Life When it Gets Flat?

Eleven weeks until start of Empire State Ride.

No biking to report.
Unusual week filled with time-consuming appts.

Each important with positive outcome,
Each gulping down time.

What Keeps You “Plugging Along”?

Did I ask you that before?
It’s been relevant for me this week.

Staying diligent & consistent,
Increasing mileage as I ride nearly daily,
Needed an “auto-pilot” setting.

What’s Your “Current Carrot” On Discouraging Days?

Slightly longer rides this week.
These longer ride days are
HARD!

Relearning, AGAIN, that

Where Has Kindness Shown Up This Last Week?

I was on my way out the door.
Office worker said,
“Thank you for your kindness”
“We don’t get much in this office”.

Trusting Your Route

How do you trust your route?
How often are our paths winding?
Unsure, rough and gravelly?
Connection to next part unclear,
Yet arriving at place that
Is start of continuing journey.

COVID Puzzle

What are you puzzling over in your life?

Most evenings, Bob and I work on a puzzle.
One end of dining table,
Covered with puzzle pieces.

Seeing Possibilities

Even though I knew
“Winter coming soon,” eight inches of snow, mid-October,
Grabbed my attention. Actually, whacked my sense of possibility.

My Double Standard

It can be HARD to be flexible.
Sometimes even hard to be generous!
What helps you with frustration and impatience?

Nurturing Expansion

What have you “explored” recently?
Even though we’ve had MN as home for fifty years,
Seldom have Bob and I explored MN.