Drawing to Remember and Other Tricks
Memory issues are part of MS. They are not nice but need to be coped with. Personal strategies to help remember the good times... Like drawing badly... #MS
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Lucky
I tend to name my bike rides after songs. No real reason. Sometimes a song I had in my head that helped me keep rhythm peddling, other times a song that just put me in a good mood, more often…
Five Years
August seems to be a month of anniversaries. Twenty years in Holland, which is nice. And, a couple of days ago, five years since my initial diagnosis with MS. Which is not so nice? To ‘celebrate’, I went for a…
Good Times!
Sometimes the good stuff just comes non-stop, like an avalanche. Perhaps overdramatic but, for all the troughs, the peaks are there to be enjoyed, revelled in. First the slightly superficial. Well not that superficial to me but, anyway, the triple…
Fear and Distraction
About a month-and-a-half-ago I was riding my bike. For a change. An unremarkable ride, good distance and speed in good conditions but not much else to really get the blood going. Still it sticks in my mind as it was…
Ventoux – Why Again?
So, back to the mountain. Last year it was the achievement for me. This year? It’s second in a list of three. After Liege-Bastogne-Liege….. But a poor second? Absolutely not. It’s cycling up a mountain. Just a case of going up….. and…
The Day After
Today is all about a rest. And cleaning the bike. A lot of dirt on the cassette and chain, not to mention the sticky residue of energy drink spillage. After Ventoux yesterday perhaps an anti-climax but necessary. A small piece…