Category Archives: cycling the midwest

Life and death in the March wind

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

It snowed here in Illinois this morning. The birds gathered around our feeder were manic for the little bits of food that remained after the last refill. I drove down to Woodman’s grocery story and brought back bags of bird … Continue reading →

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Getting Felt up and still riding

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Two years ago in October I drove into the garage of my house with my Felt 4C bike still perched on the roof of my Subaru. It bent the front fork but as it turned out, the main frame of … Continue reading →

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Changes in latitude, changes in attitude

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

That young man in the photo is my son, Evan Cudworth. He lives in southern California. When he moved there a year ago, he mentioned that he wanted a change in latitude. If I recall correctly, he described it this … Continue reading →

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Some reflections on give and take with a PROVIZ 360 cycling jacket

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

When I was out riding my mountain bike on Sunday morning a calamitous thing happened. I was coming through a narrow section of trail where tree branches stuck out. One of them caught the right shoulder of my brand new … Continue reading →

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Scratching out an existence

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Climbing into a Boeing 737 Southwest Airlines jet in Chicago, I settled into the window seat next to my wife. Our flights to Florida and back were quite affordable, and we had family business to attend. There was a layover … Continue reading →

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The sculptors of our own lives

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

There was a time when the “end of the season” was emphatic by nature. As a cross country runner through high school and college, the season would end when the success ran out. That could be the district meet or … Continue reading →

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The results are in…

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

While cleaning the inside of our garage this past Saturday afternoon, I was happy to be seeing such progress when my wife walked out the house door and announced, “Well, you have a torn meniscus.” I stood there with my … Continue reading →

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Cryptically speaking, we’re all scarecrows of some sort

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday morning I fully intended to go to church. I had the check for the offering in my shirt pocket and had worn my favorite pale gray stretch jeans. But the journey north to church included a stop to photograph … Continue reading →

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Through the land of corn and soy

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Our home sits on the edge of civilization where suburban homes give way to agricultural land. The farm fields extend 120 miles west to the Mississippi River, broken only by towns with a farming history; Dekalb, Dixon and Rock Island. … Continue reading →

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Knowing what’s really “good for you”

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

I suppose we all go through a weepy teenage stage of sorts. That period in life when we feel like wounded birds bleeding complaint and laziness from our ears. Then we retreat into music of one type or another, and … Continue reading →

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