Again...

Again I was down and out today. It was a long hard weekend with little sleep. Maybe I will take a morning ride tomorrow to look for Benie Brewer. His lawn ornaments have been hidden around the county parks, and state wide, for people to pillage. Prizes hidden inside supposedly. Didn't get much done today. Had to upload my book one more time, ...again. Finally got the format right and had to make some small corrections. That's it for the Kindle version. If I ever get it to print, with professional help, it might be quite different. Waiting for feedback from a former editor I gave a copy to.


Can I get in shape for the Subaru Cup. I have to try. I have to ride ride ride, get my weight down and start racing. My bike is riding smooth after I cleaned and lubed it. I thought the bottom bracket went out again as the bike was clicking. But I was wrong. The springs on the wheel quick release mechanisms were all messed up, caught in the mounts. I fimangled them with some small pliers to put them back in their place. Have to renew my license and WORBA membership. In other attempts to get in shape and stay healthy, I thought this man had great advice. Yes he is no longer here but he lived long and well.

Took a picture of this cardinal in the park a while back. We have rabbits and all kinds of birds in our yard. The Robins built a nest. The mourning doves enjoy our company also. Have to get the garden in. The seeds we have are old so I am just going to plant everything we have open, and choose the biggest and strongest from what comes up.

Hitting the Wall

Has it been over a month since I last posted? Apologies to my readers. Thank goodness I have Alois to cover for me, now happy in California studying English. Though his English was quite fine before. Of course he came across the pond with his bicycle. ...Not by bicycle, he brought it with him on the plane.

Metro Mountain Bikers had two movie nights at a local tavern this Winter and raised a bit of money. But they couldn't compare to what the premiere of "Riding the Divide" brought to the Rosebud. And it was such a great movie. Everyone should see it. If ever you rode a bicycle, you will want to start training again as soon as you see it. The movie has been so popular, this underground, unofficial, unsanctioned, totally self supported race of 2,700 miles has over 100 entrants this year. They are a bit anxious about the attention the numbers might draw. A group will start on the south end this year at the same time. The movie event was so successful they have decided to do another. A mountain bike movie marathon at a theater next off season. A series of movies run through two or three times for a single admission.

Has Easter come and gone since last I posted? It appears so. These Easter bunnies seem to have had greater success in their weight loss efforts. My weight has not changed. For Easter I received a free ticket to a Brewers game and joined a group from church. Great seats! It was a great game. We won. A hawk harassing the teams and spectators seemed to take the majority of news coverage on the game that day.

Though the weather has been unusually cold and a bit wet, there were many good riding days I didn't take advantage of. Shortly after I last posted I had a physical breakdown. Yes, I hit the wall. Something that happened quite more often before I got my CPAP machine for sleep apnea. Headaches, hard to open the eyes or do much of anything. I recovered after a few days, had a couple of great rides, then focused on finishing my next book. That, with the Mother's Day sales, kept me bit worn down.

And yes, the book is completed. Available for Kindle, it is not professionally edited. Excuse the Table of Contents, I just couldn't get the formatting for that part to work. I have no money to self publish a paperback. But I have a couple of odd jobs lined up and we are climbing out of our debt. If you enjoy a bit of saber rattling, a backhanded bromance, love a good man cry, think we should be giving the militaristic Chinese commies a bit of what for, then this book is for you. Only $1.48. You can download Kindle for your PC. Time to start riding again, a lot. My bike is in pieces waiting for a good cleaning. Today?... Then I need to buy tubes, break pads and maybe some new grips. And I could use a new front derailleur.

Hopefully Alois will have much more to post. Kindle is also available in Germany now. So if any of our hundreds of German readers are proficient enough in English to enjoy a good bit of fiction, you can read my books.