After working much of day on the Chapel Hill Bike & Greenways Map, I headed out on PJ’s Fuji Jari. For this version of the ride, I mostly kept to quiet streets, bike lanes, and trails to create a 15 mile loop. This route works better for me than a ride to the Wissahickon because […]
Sandi and I decided to ride bicycles along the Susquehanna River. Sandi found the Susquehanna Manor Inn Bed & Breakfast in Marietta, PA online. It’s a short bike ride to the NW Lancaster County River Trail. The trail along the river is crushed stone and paved. Because the river had recently flooded some of the trail, […]
Our daughters have traveled places like Quito, Vancouver, Voss, Paris, and São Paulo. They’ve developed friendships with youth their age from all over the world. Jessica is advocating for a family vacation in Hungary. Kate introduced us to her friend’s family in Copenhagen while we were there for a layover. It’s because of CISV (Childrens […]
I caught the train into Center City. Pat Flynn, the keynote speaker at Podcast Movement, the largest podcasting conference ever, hosted a breakfast for about 20 fans, and I’m definitely one of them. And I have been since around 2012. Pat’s Smart Passive Income podcast helps him connect with a lot of people in a […]
My friend Andy and his wife Diane are flying over to Amsterdam to do a bike tour. They are going to buy bikes at Kees Fiets Shop in the seaside town of Noordwjik and then bike up into Denmark. At the end of their trip, they will either sell the bikes or ship them back from […]
“So how did we end up reading this book?” Dave asked. I’d done OK with my previous book pick. In choosing between Clive Cussler’s The Gray Ghost, Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude , and three other books, it was apparent that I didn’t offer up a good selection in the first place. The […]
My morning routine includes a short walk sometime between 5:00 and 8:00 am if I am not biking or swimming. Below are some notes from today. A first bike commute A text came in. Christina Coen and Morgan biked 14 miles from Vernon Road in Jenkintown to work in West Philadelphia. This was despite my […]
It wasn’t planned. Well, I told my daughter to meet me at the church picnic/softball game. She biked there while I picked up some ice on the way. But I saw two bikes parked at the Alvethorpe Park pavillion, and the second one was Sandy Hull’s. What I’m really writing about is a summary of […]
Judy Dwyer served as an interim pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown over the last two years, and this past Sunday was her final Sunday. She grew up in our congregation, and it was wonderful to have her return.
Using a printed map helps me develop a spatial relationship to a place, but a GPS that offers turn by turn navigation can introduce me new routes and reduce the time that I stop to figure out where I am. Many years ago on a three day trip to the Lehigh Gorge from Philadelphia, I […]