Katie Krueger’s Snippets of Gratitude

We met on my dad’s birthday, June 15th, and ever since I’ve been totally smitten.  Not a day goes by I don’t manipulate my schedule to spend time together … cruising to the Coop for lunch, running some books to the post office, or just enjoying summer sunshine together.  So grateful to have met, and […]

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Yesterday I only meant to ride my bike over to my sister’s place and then to the garden: no more than a mile or so.  But once I felt the wind in my hair and the cool summer breeze against my face, I couldn’t stop.  I rode all around the neighborhood - close to home […]

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A perfect day:

Getting out of a meeting 2 hours earlier than planned
Picking up my sweet new Schwinn Collegiate (an August 1969 model) from the bike shop and going for the first ride.  Telling anyone who will listen the story of how I found it abandonned behind my parents’ garage, as though it had been transported […]

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Sometimes I get going on my bike and I think I am a superstar athlete who should be able to handle a 30 mile or so ride.   All is well until the return trip home, probably with about 7 miles left, when I start to feel a wee bit saddle sore.  Still, when I’m fresh […]

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Saw my first goslings of the season a while ago, but saw the first goslings of the season with my camera a few days ago - both monumental events.  I love the evening bike rides I’ve been taking lately and am grateful for the nice weather of Spring to have finally arrived.

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Again, I am grateful my sister comes through on adventure:

less traffic makes it much easier to ride side-by-side on the bike path
great company, great conversation
tons of cotton-tailed bunnies on the SW Bike Path
the cover of darkness masking the ridiculousness of my outfit; making it seem that the black of my socks matches the black of […]

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