Monthly Archives: September 2016

Profile Response: Green Beret Wives, Fort Bragg, NC

It is both an honor and a distinction to be a Green Beret, the best-known Special Forces unit within the US Army. Green Berets undergo two years of intensive training, after a minimum of three years regular army service, and … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 316 – Cameron, MO to Kansas City MO

September 16, 2016 – Rain, 75 degrees Miles Today: 66 Miles to Date: 16,376 States to Date: 44 I woke to the threat of rain and pedaled with determination to Independence, motivated by the darkening skies and Harry S. Truman’s … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Bill Brown, 8 Rivers Capital, Durham, NC

Miles Palmer and Bill Brown were walking through Manhattan in 2007 when Bill’s phone rang. He lost the call. “How can you lose a call in Manhattan?” He wondered aloud. “Oh, I could fix that, but it won’t happen.” Miles … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 315 – Marshall MO to Cameron, MO

September 15, 2016 – Sunny, 85 degrees Miles Today: 91 Miles to Date: 16,310 States to Date: 44 I woke before dawn, excited for the ride; stretched, breakfasted, and was on the road by seven. I always enjoy riding in … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “Drink your water and take your medicine.” Ben Pierson, five years old, Athens, GA How will we live tomorrow? “Hopefully more balanced than today. The concept of balance is important to me. I don’t know … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 314 – Columbia MO to Marshall MO

September 14, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 68 Miles to Date: 16,219 States to Date: 44  Today was a terrific day of bicycle touring, though it still did not win me over to gravel. I spent the first … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 313 – Kingdom City MO to Columbia MO

September 13, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 16,151 States to Date: 44  True confession: I do not seek out absolutely every contact I know to discuss tomorrow. I’ve passed on few Catholic recommendations because, … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Burnside Family, Rice VA

Time is spiral; history is a sine curve; tomorrow is yesterday all over again. “Everything that is happening in this country has happened before: in Rome, in Egypt, before the comet.” An evening with Bryan Burnside, 66 year-old retired veteran … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 312 – Lake Saint Louis MO to Kingdom City MO

September 12, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 16,123 States to Date: 44 Missouri’s bicycle claim to fame is the KATY Trail – 237 miles from Machens to Clinton, mostly along the Missouri River. But … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Curtiss Hoffman, Anthropologist, Charlottesville VA

When is a pile a rocks just a pile of rocks? When does it have deeper significance? Perhaps it is a section of stonewall that separated colonial farms. Perhaps it is the remnant of a building foundation. Or perhaps it … Continue reading

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