Freedom, Balance, and my Bike
Learning to ride a bike can teach you some key lifelong lessons. That's what my red rocket did.
The Rule of Three
This story makes more sense if you know a little about the mechanics of riding a mountain bike. Think of a catcher [...]
learning to ride a bicycle
im under 10 living in Miami. visiting younger cousins who live in central Maine. I have never ridden a bike. despite their [...]
Bike Trail
My friend Alice The summer we bought our weekend house in a Connecticut community friends invited us to lunch and introduced [...]
A Novel Sense of Balance
Suddenly I sensed more freedom and realized that my dad had let go of the bike.
You Never Forget
They say you never forget how to ride—it is, after all, “just like riding a bicycle”.
Pedal Your Blues Away
When I was little, nobody offered to run along behind me to teach me to ride a bike. This is not so surprising.
Star
I must have been around 7 or 8 when I got my first bike, a Schwinn 3 speed with silver fenders and a head light similar to [...]
My Two Biking Nemeses
I love to bike; always have and, hopefully, always will. But I have also always had two biking “nemeses”: hills [...]
New Stories on Old Prompts
Avocation, Delusion, Masturbation
"...the chimera of Security"
Prompted By Why We Write
August 10, 2022
Shabbos Candlesticks- A Story of Courage
I love this Retrospect site, and was especially touched by this prompt. When I saw Betsy’s posting, with the photo of her [...]
Prompted By What I Own That's Older Than I Am
August 10, 2022
Rex
One day back in 1976 a German shepherd came out of nowhere to show up at our kitchen door. He was not emaciated; he looked [...]
Prompted By Pets
August 7, 2022
Mediums: Well Done and Rare
Yes, I've chatted with the great beyond.
Prompted By The Great Beyond
August 5, 2022
Past Stories You May Have Missed
Santiago de Cuba — a special period vacation
I’ve never been much of a tourist. From my days residing in the Haight-Ashbury to my thin-air existence in the Colorado [...]
Prompted By Vacations
March 12, 2016
Protected: I’m Not the Type….
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Prompted By That Was Then, This Is Now
April 11, 2018
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