It’s been approximately three years and six weeks since the last time I blew my life up. I was recovering from the initial shock of leaving my marriage and for the first time in over a decade, living with a roommate, with most of my things strewn between my new space (a tiny bedroom whereContinue reading “Harrisburg is Being Hot RN”
Author Archives: Veronika Hewitt
The Chronicles of “Meh”
It’s been a while since I’ve shared anything here, but the way I’ve been feeling this year could be best summarized by a grocery store encounter I had earlier this morning (hooray, I left the house today) with an old coworker from years ago. Like 99% of all grocery store encounters, the niceties were forcedContinue reading “The Chronicles of “Meh””
End of an Era
I sold my motorcycle back to my ex the other night after two or so years of deliberating whether or not I could actually part with it. While it no longer made sense to keep it (there really isn’t much about a motorcycle that’s practical to begin with), I had to unpack a lot ofContinue reading “End of an Era”
The 2020-iest Ski Ever
Reflections of an In-Bounds Warrior I sat in the house watching the weather move from sunny and warm (for December) to increasing clouds during the second shortest day of the year, opting to go for an uphill ski after Keystone closed instead of taking advantage of the mild day earlier. I started up the hillContinue reading “The 2020-iest Ski Ever”
Unlikely Gifts
If I were watching a movie about my life in the past year, I would probably see too many scenes with a cat in it. I would see someone whose marriage fell apart, and she had to start over. I would see someone who just barely got her footing again until this adorable little pandemicContinue reading “Unlikely Gifts”
Interlude
I have been staring at the blank Word document for over an hour trying to come up with a clever way to describe my current situation and the events that have brought me to this exact moment of sitting at a kitchen table that looks nothing like my old one, without using lame bike racingContinue reading “Interlude”
The Wrong Gear #18 – Type 2 Fun
This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike. Although I will still continue to write on this website, this is the last post in the series. Better late than never. It was about five seconds after theContinue reading “The Wrong Gear #18 – Type 2 Fun”
The Wrong Gear # 17 – In Retrograde
This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike. Planetary retrograde is an optical illusion that occurs when a planet appears to be moving backwards in orbit due to its position relative to us, the humble earthlyContinue reading “The Wrong Gear # 17 – In Retrograde”
The Wrong Gear # 16 – Wha’ Happen? Recap of my 2018 Race Season and Leadville 100 Fail
This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike. After hours upon hours of battling dust, winds from all direction, and angry leg muscles just begging me to stop, my lower back and my backside had enough. IContinue reading “The Wrong Gear # 16 – Wha’ Happen? Recap of my 2018 Race Season and Leadville 100 Fail”
The Wrong Gear # 15 – Just Checking In
This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike. It has been a while since my last post, where I basked in the glory of not falling apart at a race that had menaced me the previous year.Continue reading “The Wrong Gear # 15 – Just Checking In”
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