–It is February, the Longest Month and Winter seems to want to hold a bit longer here on Paros. Her hand clutches with grey fingers, wrinkled and damp, thin from the cold.
–Meanwhile, Persephone is in a downstairs apothiki, packing her bags and checking her visa in anticipation of her departure from Hades. She will arrive soon, skipping through the green fields, wild blossoms in her dark hair, her backpack resting by the side of the road.
–I popped a spoke on my bike the other day up in the hills. Check my Flickr site to see where I was…
–It is not wise to ride with a single spoke missing. It puts uneven strain on the others, then they pop and then your wheel “tacos” mid-spin. That is a good image, and one I do not wish to experience. So I am having it re-spoked at the local bike shop. I am getting rid of the stock spokes that are currently on the wheel and adding stainless steel units. The old ones were pretty rusty. I am also having stainless control cables installed and new chain. This should get me ready for spring.
—I feel like boycotting everything having to do with Russia. Just my political 2 cents.
JDCM
Sorry about the spoke but so nice you are biking!