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    Month: November 2020

    Day to Day and Living Life to Its Fullest

    “I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was… Read more “Day to Day and Living Life to Its Fullest”

    November 18, 2020 by secondratecyclist

    Should I be Concerned?

    I hesitate in writing this. Pretention can easily be assumed when discussing certain things. I have a couple of degrees to back most of my assertions .… Read more “Should I be Concerned?”

    November 16, 2020 by secondratecyclist

    Counter Clock

    As many of you know, I was a police officer for many years before I returned to school and became a teacher. Being a police officer was… Read more “Counter Clock”

    November 10, 2020November 12, 2020 by secondratecyclist

    Things without all remedy . . . what’s done is done.

    “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”― George Orwell   Yes, as it sounds, there is unexpected… Read more “Things without all remedy . . . what’s done is done.”

    November 6, 2020 by secondratecyclist

    He is dead and gone . . .

    Although I published this review in Goodreads, I am compelled to shout from the roof tops. Book reviewer, David Mitchell, called this book, Hamnet, “a thing of… Read more “He is dead and gone . . .”

    November 5, 2020 by secondratecyclist

    Graduating from the Academy

    A month or so ago, I signed up for something to spark my off season training and maybe give it a new direction. Cycling is a sport… Read more “Graduating from the Academy”

    November 4, 2020December 6, 2020 by secondratecyclist

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