My grandson Ethan’s first moments with training wheels off his bike:

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Makes me think of all the gracious people in my life who have stepped in as my bike helmet whenever I’ve taken the training wheels off.

Taking full advantage of near-perfect Labor Day weather, about 15 of us from Liberti Church set out on what we billed the First Annual Liberti Freedom Ride. We rode the beautiful Schuylkill River Trail from the Philadelphia Art Museum to Valley Forge National Park and back, a little over 40 miles round trip.

The trail [...]

Yesterday Karyn and I finally ended nearly a year of using our bicycles as garage wall decorations and got the wheels rolling once again. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full year since my trip on the Delaware Canal tow paths. I realized that was the last time I had the bike out [...]

EDIT added 10/4/04: The PA side of these trails were almost completely wiped out by flooding from the recent hurricanes. Glad I got to ride them at least once!
I’ve been telling many people this year that my favorite spot on God’s green earth is the camp on an island on Upper Wilson Pond in Maine [...]

…and just in time for the Olympics!
No, I haven’t jumped ethnic ships…I’ve just finished the first week of my summer Greek intensive class, the equivalent of a quarter of a semester in four days. It’s a lot of work and a lot to learn each day, but I’m absolutely loving it. We spend three hours [...]

Early Sunday morning, Karyn and I will be off for a week in Chincoteague, VA. This has become an eagerly awaited family tradition over the past several years, as we gather there with our daughter Sarah, her husband John, two of our grandchildren, and several members of John’s family.
Chincoteague is a small town on a [...]