A Quick Greeting and Introduction

So I worked it out so that I would hit a cycling milestone this morning at the top of one of my all-time favorite local rides (well, really, one of my all time favorite rides, period), that of the climb up South Mountain. But as I was just about to hit that milestone, 60,000 miles logged since I started on

This is a simple 5th Order Newton M-set with the color tweaked out a good bit. Looks like neon lights behind the alien mother ship. 🙂 Or something, like that, sorta…I will have to talk about fractals sometime. Not only are they gorgeous, but I find some great theology in them as well.

   Well, eight hours from Gatwick, another five from Philadelphia. Makes for a long trip, to be sure! But nothing spectacular to report. I did see “Eight Below” twice though. Yeah, I teared up when the guy found Maya and thought she was dead. I’m a softie, really.    Once again, my deepest thanks to Roger Brazier, pastor of the Edmonton Baptist

Yes, I am officially retiring…from tennis. There was a day, more than two decades ago, when I could give anyone a run on the court. But I played Mike O’Fallon yesterday morning, and it was terribly frustrating to know what you should do but simply lack the ability to do so. But then the true idiocy exploded when I played

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I’ve lived in Phoenix for over thirty years, and ridden over 31,000 miles around the state on a bicycle, but until last Wednesday, I had never ridden in South Mountain Park. No, I do not know why. Anyway, last Wednesday I rode up to the top of South Mountain and truly enjoyed the effort. It is only seven miles from