Today’s column in the Oregonian is the last piece to reference my recent time in Tucson. It details an interaction I had with two women during one of our final rides – a poignant yet ordinary moment that stuck with me. In Tucson, I got home from that ride and wrote this piece immediately. I’d written [...]

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Images from the iPhone Leaving Colossal Cave Mountain Park. * Geoff, the owner of Miles Ahead Cyclery, models my Tom Ford’s while I try on a pair of the Oakley jawbones from his display. * From a training ride on Mt. Lemmon. The 8th Street Owl House is down in that valley somewhere. * Front yard cactus. * Hello, sunset cloud. * Spiny things with sunset mood. * Kender [...]

More from Mr. Hoo Hoo and his buddies: Big Big Moon, Shaggy Palm Tree, and Moody Clouds. This doesn’t really look safe. This is the Big Owl (there are two). On this evening about 10 days ago I chased him back and forth across the property as he flew from one tree to another in an attempt [...]

This week’s Everyday Cyclist column in the Oregonian is all about (you guessed it) sunny cycling camp. A quick history of how The Sicilian and I ended up here along with a quick and dirty run down of the basics associated with getting your very own cycling camp all set up. Director’s Cut It all started from [...]

The wheather’s been a little cantankerous this week. You know – 60’s and kind of cloudy. I had to find arm-warmers and bust out the Ibex knickers. At first, I blamed Dan Sharp, whose arrival late Saturday night seemed to coincide with the clouds. He argued that blaming the weather on him was not the best way [...]