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Friday, August 24, 2007
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Snapshots from Home New Stuff. Although this Sedona Giant DX  is classed a pathetic "comfort bike," UD finds it plenty discomforting so far, as she wheels her new purchase around Garrett Park. Having finished her summer of swimming, UD has decided to take up cycling for the autumn. She'd forgotten how vulnerable you can feel on your skinny cruiser, just a little helmet between you and the heaving Navigator hard by... She rode to the Garrett Park post office yesterday, and Mary Moyer, a neighbor, seeing the bicycle, said: "Oh, that's what I ought to do." "No!" said UD. "I'm not long for this world. I'm going to meet my end on this bike. It feels dangerous. I can feel my life span shrinking as I pedal." "I thought my life was over after I got shot in the war," said an old guy who was listening in while throwing catalogs away. (I can never remember his name. He plays Uncle Sam in the Fourth of July celebration.) "Absolutely thought I was done for. But here I am. I survived. And a whole lot of other people my age are dead." "Okay," said UD. "You'll be my inspiration." |