missing the highlands
Last May, I couldn’t ride for two weeks while I recovered from a sprained ankle suffered on a morning walk. This year, I’m not riding for several months while…
on dark days
The most beautiful days – the ones when the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the air is cool not cold – are the days I feel…
one for mom and the road
I wrote the poem below on Mother’s Day morning 2025. But I didn’t publish it until today – four days later – because James took me pillion on his…
on the road again
I could barely open the car door. It took pretty much all the muscle power I had in my left arm – plus a somewhat shaky step backward that added…
the princess and the pee?
I’ve never been a good sleeper. As a sixteen-year-old, I was prescribed diazapam (aka valium) to help with my insomnia. It didn’t. My sleep issues persist to this day and…
two steps forward, one step back
“…a situation where progress is made, but then setbacks occur, causing a temporary halt or even a reversal of that progress, though overall, the trajectory remains forward.” I’ve been mostly…
still counting the days…
A year ago today, on March 12, 2024, TheFox and I went out on our first ride of the season. I don’t remember where we went, but wherever it was…
monday update
It was a busy weekend. My friend Andrea came by on Saturday afternoon for a late lunch in Perth and then she took me for a much-needed haircut, which…
guess where i am…
Last Thursday, as there seemed to be a little hope of me being given a bed in Perth, I told the team at the Almonte General Hospital that I…
rehab track days
A month ago today, I was taken from the Almonte General Hospital emergency department two floors below and wheeled down this hallway on a gurney. My first room was at…