Tigerracing Personal Non-Bike Musings Home 2005 S2R Ride Stories 2005 Ride Stories 2004 Ride Stories ... Personal Non-Bike Musings Welcome to my personal musings, deep-thoughts, diatribes, philosophies, notions, contemplations, or whatever floats my boat at any particular moment. The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. Hannah Whitall Smith, 1902 An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. Charles de Montesquieu (1689 - 1755) Those Long Gone A whisper that is all it is, a whisper of a feeling or a memory, a touch in passing of something or someone just out of reach. I have found that those who have crossed paths with me and then passed on, whether unexpectedly or due to old age, continue to cross paths with me even now. A fleeting sense reaches me as I ride past the gas station Ron Smith met me at on my first ever Saddle Sore 1000. My mentor who set me on my way toward Iron Butt Fame, also passed much too soon. I will forever remember his smile, quick wit and true respect for females who were willing to put themselves into the fray and show the world what they were made of. | |
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