Backward Mutters

  • Tour de Pig

    Well some are gearing up for that desperate ride through Davidson County. There’s even talk of a Pasta Feed/Breaking Away movie evening the night before. (Go Cutters!) If you’re interested drop me note, and I’ll get it to the appropriate parties. Team Cinzano members need not apply. The Tour de…

  • Ah, The Misery

    Misery loves company. That’s why you’re being invited. This is a miserable me towards the finish of the 11 mile climb up to Mountain Lake during the 2005 Mountains of Misery ride.

  • "Saki says, ‘Ride together.’"

    Gents and Ladies, I’ve enjoyed tremendously the opportunities to ride and talk about cycling with you all. Granted there are various levels of fitness, capabilities, and (in my case) shape. The camaraderie and fitness I’ve enjoyed because of the bike has been restorative and helpful in so many ways. For…

  • Justification by Vomit

    I collapsed across the finish line after last year’s Christmas services, and after a day of familial and gastronomic mirth, I prepared for the re-entry into ministry life. Re-entries are usually violent and ungraceful. The transition from vacation to normal life passes from the lightness of vacation through the atmosphere…