I love Thanksgiving. Mainly because I love turkey. No, I love it all. I love going from the cold into a warm kitchen filled with people. I love the chatter and banter and seeing my family. I love hugging my grandma and playing cards with my cousins. And I absolutely love turkey, stuffing, potatoes and [...]
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so many thanks . . .
Posted in Friends & Family, home, verducci-breakaway on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
my mom.
Posted in Friends & Family, INSPIRATION, home on November 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I got to see my mom while visiting my brother and his kids around Halloween. She and dad made the drive from PA to Connecticut for costumed mayhem at Loomis-Chaffee where he teaches.
I’m from a football-playing family—my dad coached, brother played for the University of New Hampshire, and now he coaches the game—plus we’re from [...]
Black GOLD!
Posted in Friends & Family, comic relief, home on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I tell people we live in a 10,000sq/ft warehouse, the first thing they do is look at me as if we’re rich (we’re not), and wonder how we heat it.
Our home is a concrete brick structure embedded in a working class neighborhood in the coal mining-turned-tourist town, Jim Thorpe, PA). Outside, it’s a curious industrial building [...]
Come ride with us!
Posted in home, training on October 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Starting tomorrow afternoon, Lath and I are leading bike rides in Jim Thorpe as part of the Fall Foliage weekends, sponsored by the Jim Thorpe Chamber of Commerce. If you’re in the area . . . come join us!
I can’t wait to see how many people we have. It’s so beautiful here right now. This [...]
The Greatest Race.
Posted in Friends & Family, INSPIRATION, TRAVEL, home on September 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you love bike racing, and you love small town America . . . I can’t say enough about the race being held next Saturday, September 20th, in my hometown of Smethport, PA.
I mean, first of all . . . check out the original poster (left). It’s pretty cool. Mr. Porter, I need a framed copy [...]
