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Trail: Surprises

Today was the first bike ride on my growing trail. I did it, not simply to test it out, but because I was tired of lugging the cutting tools on my back and in my hands. I believe the term … Continue reading

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Trail: Around the Bend

It was too cold to ride my bike much yesterday, so I ran my trail instead. When it warmed up a bit later in the day, I could not resist the call to go out and hack at it some … Continue reading

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Trail: Nearly a Mile

Oklahoma is mostly laid out in a square grid, with some tweaking to account for the curvature of the earth at this latitude. Each square is theoretically one mile on each side. Most of the state is criss-crossed by roads … Continue reading

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Major Trail Work Today

I managed to devote a solid three hours to the trail today. The day the tornadoes raked across this state, I had about a half-hour just to break down a large pile of dead-fall limbs, part of last winter’s ice … Continue reading

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Cycling Is Fun Again

For the past few weeks I’ve been having some trouble riding. Aside from frequent harsh cold snaps, I’ve been having some pretty bad swelling in my right knee — the one that has been rebuilt. I prefer to use natural … Continue reading

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More Trail Finding

The biblical perspective of natural resource use says people are the reason for Creation, and the most important part of it. That gives their needs precedence over just about everything else. That’s not the same as human whims and wishes. … Continue reading

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Trail Finding

One of the numerous personality inventories I took when learning psychology and counseling left me with the label of “trailblazer.” There wasn’t room in the inventory to note that’s only an approximation. I don’t cut many paths through raw wilderness, … Continue reading

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