Sites, sounds and smells of a grease junkie

Some words I've been rolling over in my head recently: Equanimity is the only thing that will save you from this world, and it doesn't come easy. Or cheap. And you can't fake it for long. -Michael Perry Sometimes, I find it is easy to see only the...downside of the tough side of my life. Easy to beat myself up for the mistakes I've made. Thinking, if only I had... What if's kill me. There are upsides though. Equanimity being the biggest of them, from my vantage point. Yes it has been hard. No it hasn't been cheap. And yes I've faked it, badly I might add. Maybe this is part of equanimity, but gratitude certainly comes along in there. I don't claim to be some amazingly even-keeled, eternally grateful person. I'm not. Step by step, day by day though. Just the way I see world from my vantage.

An amazing version of Creep by the Pretenders. Love Chrissie Hynde's voice, especially in this song. Dang.

Don't think for a minute just because we've got a black man at the helm that racism is behind us...

Maybe sometimes I feel like shit. I ain't happy about it, but I'd rather feel like shit than be full of shit. -Suicidal Tendencies

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” -Henry Rollins

It was nice to have the day off. Slept in. Did some house work. Then round about Noon headed to Cloud City  to get my ride on at the Jail Trail . Get there and I realize I don't have my gloves. Not a big deal, I can obviously ride without gloves. But....I feel so...naked without gloves. Regardless I rode and toward the end of my first lap around I'm remembering about some "good karma" sorta stuff and the next thing I know....I'm flying through the air, land on my side sorta...and the bike lands hard on my left leg, particularly my calf. No more karma thoughts when I ride. Apparently there was a short, but hard chunk of a branch...flipped up into my front wheel and...away I flew. Oh yeah, and I cut up my hands a bit. I'm throwing a spare pair of gloves in my car. Regardless, I turned in four laps(ish) and was fried. I did 2+ laps at Hillside  then came home and turned in a 90-minute road ride as the sun went down. Anyway you slice it, it was a lot of miles in...