Today’s post will be a bit different than our usual. Not too long ago, I came across a YouTube video called “Not So Scary After All – Biking the East Coast Greenway“, by Regina Yan, a 20-something who is decidedly NOT a Senior Ripper, but who, as you will see in the video, embodies the Senior Ripper spirit of adventure. I was inspired by Regina’s willingness to venture outside her comfort zone, and accomplish an amazing feat or riding the entire East Coast Greenway over 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of Maine to the southernmost tip of Florida. And Regina’s ability to tell her story was captivating. I reached…

Even though the world seems to be in turmoil, Spring arrived here right on schedule. The mini daffodils that my class planted in November popped open just before we dispersed for Spring Break and the forsythia was blushing yellow. A quick stop at Trader Joe’s, that same day on my way home, produced a pot of tulips and I bought them even though I knew we were leaving the next day. At $3.99 who could resist? Sure enough the tulips ended up in the truck the next morning, tucked in precariously between bicycle helmets and ski gear. We headed south to Santa Fe, in the Land of Enchantment, and it…