When thinking about what the right act would be to follow up on last year’s MS Bike Across Canada, I really struggled to find something that would be meaningful to me. I wasn’t going to be able to take two months off work like in 2023. I also knew that I...
My mom’s origin story began in a small town in southern Italy called Castellaneta in 1957. That’s where her and her sister were born to Nicola Galatone and Giuseppina Ripa. Nicola (my Nonno) and Pina (my Nonna) were a tinsmith and a seamstress,...
This past week I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the concept of energy. Energy, in the context of what I am looking to discuss is essentially the thing that gives us an ability to do something, like thinking, walking, talking and riding a bicycle. A more...
I believe those who practice mindfulness or meditation will not be shocked by the contents of this post. I for one could really benefit from a bit of the former, the latter, or both and yet I’ve struggled for years with sustaining any forward momentum with...
As I got off my bike this morning and took a minute to upload the ride on @strava, I chose to take a sneak at my “progress” since the wheels fell off the bus a number of weeks back. I knew I had ridden 60km yesterday and 20 something this morning, but somehow the...
