Thoughts Everyone Has While Driving
Rachael Thomas:Because my brain isn’t working right.. ‘Abby Has Issues’ driving. Originally posted on Abby Has Issues: Most adults have some experience with driving a motorized vehicle, and whether...
View ArticleWaiting for the short bus
I got a concussion this past weekend so please excuse the clarity of my writing.. I’m still not quite myself. It’s not my first – I seem to have landed on my head a fair amount over the last 42...
View ArticleOnly Commonwealth countries and Detroiters may now apply
Last night my dating pool hit a new low. Following some insanely rational advice from a girlfriend, I decided to relax some of my ‘not that tight’ rules, and go on a date with a 50 yr old dude. Yes, I...
View ArticleThe fishing is kind of ..swampy…
Now that I’ve changed the options on my dating profile to include leftovers dudes up to 55, I have to admit, my options seem to have increase 10 fold. The number of winks, likes, emails and stalkers is...
View ArticleNot better, just different
Contrary to popular opinion, I am still alive. I am also not incarcerated, incinerated or incapacitated. Sadly I have not been held captive by a silver fox off the coast of Belize and no, I did not win...
View ArticleNext up.. a plague of locusts
So the move to CA hasn’t exactly been what one could term ‘smooth’. Not unless smooth comes with pointy sharp bits, lots of water, electrical shockage and way too much time spent at Walgreens. On the...
View ArticleCalifornia – 3 months in
My move to this weird and wackadoo state has been nothing if not eye-opening. I thought after 18+ years in the US, living in multiple states, I was accustomed to the ways and means of the American and...
View ArticleDear Mr. Bike Ride Reviewer….
I am new to the area and therefore might not be quite as familiar with local vernacular as some, but I was compelled to write to you to point out some inaccuracies in your review of ‘Henry Coe (Middle...
View ArticleI am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am a woman!
The elephant (wo)man. Or that’s how the last few days have felt at least. Yes, I’m a drama queen but seriously, one facial burn and suddenly I’m having all kinds of empathy for Joseph Merrick. I’m used...
View ArticleIn Search of the Holy Grail.. pain free kick ass shoes
I have a secret. I have the feet of a Hobbit. Scrawny, knobbly, bent and twisted. Not quite the ragged hairy nubbins of Frodo, but my feet do seem to have channeled Shrek. Lets just say my bi weekly...
View ArticleNothing compares to you: Recovery blues
Its been 7 weeks and 14 hours.. since you took your love away. Cos nothing compares, nothing compares to you. (I always was a bit of a drama queen.) After a very necessary shoulder surgery to sew up 10...
View ArticleIts not all about the bike Lance…
Its not all about the bike as Lance said (further proof of his ‘not quite human’ reputation). As every cyclist knows, it’s about the bike, but it’s really all about the GEAR. For me the obsession...
View ArticleThe family you choose
I once had a brush with death. Some sore patches on my leg emerged a few weeks after a surgery. Ignoring them until I was limping. I headed to my doc, who assured me, “no big deal”. Phew. 2 days later...
View ArticleThe little things
It’s been a tricky year in my new locale. New job, new company, new town, new state, new weather, new trails, new friends and weirdly no new men. Trying to build life in a new place, amongst people who...
View ArticleCoward Seeking Adventure
I started my “career” at the tender age of 21 on November 7th, 1994 in London. Wide-eyed, broke as all get out and thrilled at the thought of finally, finally being able call myself grown up. Flash...
View ArticleIndulging in some fantasy
As part of my ‘Furiously Happy’ campaign (Google it), I recently found myself in the local fantasist’s office. Aka the tarot card reader down the street. Important Note: I do not, nor have ever,...
View ArticleStarting young
I recently fell into a Spotify hole of 1980-1988 (otherwise known as junior school through high school in the UK), and whilst rocking out to far too much electronica I noticed a strong theme in all of...
View ArticleSmall Talk
I spent my first 26 years in the UK, so I always thought I was pretty good at meeting new people. Easy entry points included the weather (past, present and future), the journey to the event (roads,...
View ArticleSkillz
I was talking to a friend (who I am kidding, it was my therapist), about things we like to do for fun, and the topic of learning new stuff come up. I LOVE LOVE LOVE learning new stuff. Anything which...
View ArticleRiding at my own pace
Coming back from shoulder surgery has been hard. Really hard. (apologies to friends, family and random strangers for going on about it all.the.damn.time). I’ve had to deal with a lot of pain,...
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