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Embracing the dark, Part 2: Biking!

Happy solstice!! Bring on those (ever so slowly) lengthening days!! Speaking of lots of darkness. When last we spoke, I was extolling the virtues of teaching myself to embrace running after dark. Not only to extend the amount of time, these shorter days, available to me to run, but also …

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stasia •December 21, 2020Great Ideas
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Ode to unadulterated glee

. (the little miracles:) You know what? Screw the people who want to play it cool, to skate over the surface of the earth unfazed, who don’t want to stop and look. In such a world, I have no time for them. What I want to do is look people …

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stasia •March 13, 2015Favorites, Great Ideas
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Why bike touring makes you a badass

  Ha! Chalk this post up to shameless self-promotion, but I thought this clip from my professional-athlete brother and his professional-athlete friend, talking about their two “sufferfest” bike/climbing tours, was hilarious (the best stuff for bike touring badassery starts around 40 seconds:)     Just for fairness’ sake, this was …

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stasia •February 8, 2015Great Ideas, Random Thoughts
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The Potrero Nuevo Farm Bike Hut: bikey community at its best

When I think of California’s Bay Area, I think of throngs of people and hordes of traffic. I do not think of good biking. At least, I didn’t, until I went down to visit my good friend Mark, previously of Upcycles in Portland and now relocated to Beeline Bikes in …

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stasia •February 3, 2015Great Ideas, Things You Might See While Biking
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