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Month: May, 2005

five o’clock shadow

Column: Combo bikes offer speed and comfort

The Herald Sun May 26, 2005 DURHAM — May is National Bike Month, and last week was National Bike to Work Week. They probably schedule these celebrations for May because of the weather. I mean, how can you resist going for a ride when the highs are in the 70s and the mosquitoes aren’t out [...]

Piotr Sommer – Between Them

Phillip Barron Originally published in the News of the National Humanities Center Poetry, says Piotr Sommer (2004-05 Hurford Family Fellow at the National Humanities Center), is the “basic cognitive instrument” by which he measures life, “almost a way to deal with the misunderstandings and miscommunications of the world.” Editor of the Warsaw-based journal Literatura na [...]

the view from down here

Column: Women’s biking group offers fun, support

Phillip Barron The Herald-Sun DURHAM — Susan Crosjean of Raleigh practices “popping” her front wheel off the ground again and again. Once she’s comfortable with the move, she aims her bike at a tightly packed row of logs, each 12 inches in diameter. Riding toward them, she gathers speed. She’s cheered on by her friends [...]