Since we moved to Colorado, people have been telling us that if we “don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” While we were used to somewhat mercurial weather shifts in Oregon, I have to admit that the weather does swing rather abruptly here. For example, on Thursday it was sunny and the high temperature was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sports’
Wait five minutes
Posted in Home, winter, tagged Colorado, sports on January 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Bicycles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged athletics, sports on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m reading a book called Bicycle: The History by David Herlihy. Having spent time around my share of bicycle enthusiasts, collectors, maniacs, and freaks, I’m familiar with those who wax romantic about this machine and its associates: the Tour de France, Breaking Away, the LeMond/Armstrong/Contador of the moment, the Women’s Mountain Biking and Tea Society [...]
Another year, another PPP
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged athletics, sports on May 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
We surpassed ourselves this year! After skiing, cycling, running, and paddling our hearts out, The Tuffs discovered our efforts were rewarded with a FIRST PLACE in our age category! Not only that, but we were a good five minutes faster than all the other female teams close to us in age. My prize mug is [...]
Superbowl
Posted in state of Jefferson, tagged Jefferson, sports on February 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We don’t have TV, so watching the big game at home was out of the question. This was too bad, since having a party and inviting people over is about the only reason I would have the game on in the first place, but of course, that wouldn’t work if we couldn’t show the game. [...]
