Tag Archives: weather

Tuesday Truth

Posted on 21 October 2008 by

Riding the trainer is to bike racing as swimming the pool is to paddling out in a good swell. Substitutions, while sometimes necessary, are never as good as the real thing. Where’s my Northwest swell? It’s almost November already. {taps … Continue reading →

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Still Life

Posted on 20 August 2008 by

Still Life with Fruit Bowl, #5. The Virga, she is smiling. We just might need to re-stock the fruit bowl soon. * * A friend of mine is a digital artist. Lovely stuff. She recently went to a big conference … Continue reading →

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FREE THE BABBLE!

Posted on 4 January 2008 by

This blog is under review due to possible Blogger Terms of Service violations.Apparently, the good people at Google think that us Bellas are a bunch of good for nothing spammers. We’re innocent, I tell ya. I mean, I haven’t written … Continue reading →

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Into the Belly of a Hair Dryer

Posted on 15 November 2007 by

I just put lotion up my nose. It smells better than vaseline. I rode up into the hills yesterday into the belly of a hair dryer. Warm winds whorled through the canyon crevices, the scaled road surface shimmering in the … Continue reading →

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Got surf?

Posted on 5 October 2007 by

It’s tough being the first North swell of the season. There you are, frisking about up around Alaska, waving at the polar bears, tossing a few boats around, making the cruise director queasy. Meanwhile, down in Cali, everyone’s watching you. … Continue reading →

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