Surreal country images in the morning mist.
Sleep depredation from hundreds of snoring buffalos.
Uplifting conversations from passers by.
Pounding aching muscles from turning the cranks.
Clean fresh air filling the lungs, far away from the city smog.
Baggage surfing each night, and luggage lugging.
Laughter from painting toes and goofy hats.
Peering into rural America, at a slow bicycle pace.
Snippy encounters with the sleep deprived.
Adapting to change, and uncontrollable events.
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Jimbo Road,
the road traveled by only a lucky few...
deeply admired and respected by all who have traveled it ...

Jimbo Road,
never predictable, always curvy, always hilly, always giving more than it takes…

Jimbo Road,
how lost we all would be without it…

Jimbo Road

Just got home from a 400+ mile bike ride.
oh yea, that's RIGHT!
Team TOE is had a crazy time, painting
funky art on the toes of riders, then tripping
the country locals out as we ask them to vote
on their favorite design.

To give you some idea,
a little puppy hound dog in a country store
thought my toe was chew toy!

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While riding the Comet trail today,
training for the BRAG bike ride across GA,
a DragonFly joined me in my speed ride up
the straight path around mile marker 11.

I thought it was a coincidence at first.
I looked over and he was just beside my shoulder,
buzzing along.
I sped up, he sped up,…
I zigged a little, then he showed me a thing or two.
He started to zig/zag between the trees, by the path!
I thought I left him in the trees, then he got right
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My latest piece is called “Contradiction”.
She is a contradiction, because
her beauty looking forward, contradicts
the rough struggles of her past.
Made from a cedar log with a rough
exterior, she is a gift to my logging friend
who hooked me up with 3000lbs
of precious hard wood recently.

Special thanks to Kristen Vickery
for her inspiring assistance.