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Northaven Trail Pedestrian Bridge
“Likewise—now don’t laugh—cars and trucks should view the bike lanes as if they are sacrosanct. A driver would never think of riding up on a sidewalk. Most drivers, anyway. Hell, there are strollers...
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Margaret McDermott Bridge
“It’s creepy, but here we are, the Pilgrims, the crackpots of our time, trying to establish our own alternate reality. To build a world out of rocks and chaos.What it’s going to be, I don’t know.Even...
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Pedestrian
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”― John Muir, John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir...
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It is the Journey That Matters
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness Margaret McDermott bridge, bike/pedestrian path, Dallas,...
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My Bike on the Bridge
“People will pay any price for motion. They will even work for it. Look at bicycles.”― William Faulkner, The Reivers My bike – Vintage 1987 Cannondale ST600 Touring Bike. On the Margaret McDermott...
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Cable Dampers
“When you want to know how things really work, study them when they’re coming apart.”― William Gibson, Zero History Cable anchor and damper on the Margaret McDermott Bridge, Dallas, Texas One reason I...
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Pillar and River Bottoms
“She didn’t need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms and sleep as a child sleeps, knowing that someone stronger than you is...
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Once the Storm is Over
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come...
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Northaven Trail Bridge Update
“I delve into the mysterious and counterintuitive world of helmets and high-visibility gear later in the book. But it’s worth immediately noting this: while they’re not inherently bad, they’re less a...
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Reality Is Torn Down Around Us
“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when...
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