Life Bike Twelve – The End and Beginning of Passions

December 16, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
After RAGBRAI in July was the MS 150 in Kansas City.  I did it again.  After experiencing RAGBRAI and the fun times in all the towns, MS 150 was, well, dull.  No matter because I had moved to the country.  I visited Roberta in the country with her horse.  I came back home and told my husband we had to move to the country.  Grumpily, he said we could look at country homes. We drove down the driveway of the only country home advertised in the newspaper on that day.…

Lucky Star – 2013

December 8, 2013Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
It's been a while since I've updated everyone as to how Lucky is doing.  I was a little discouraged this past year, starting in June, when I still didn't have a ridable horse to show.  "When or will I ever have a horse I can ride in a show arena!" I was moaning in my mind.  I had been at the Missouri Fox Trotter Spring Show cheering on the Vaughts with Nova, Powder and Tony.   I was at the Super Horse Show the next weekend and temptation overcame me.…

What a DAY!

December 3, 2013Posted inMiscellaneous
I awoke at the crack of post dawn about two hours before my normal awakening time of 9:30am…or sometimes 10:00am.  I gave up two hours of beauty sleep to start cooking.  Cooking!?  It's a word not usually associated with the person you know as me. My senior fitness class at Anytime Fitness in Pleasant Hill is having a pot luck Christmas Lunch today.  I had signed up to bring a food.  I struggled out of bed and into razor sharp consciousness.  Undertaking a cooking experience is fraught with danger for…

No Greater Honor-Mention from Dr Patrick Handley

December 2, 2013Posted inAmazon book, Miscellaneous, Missouri Fox Trotter, Parelli, Susan FoxTrotter-book title in Amazon
Dr. Patrick Handley's Facebook Page about Humanality: "Insight of the week: I received a wonderful message from youthful, 70 year old Parelli student Marilee Donovan. She thanked me for the positive, strengths-based orientation of the Humanality report and commented about how she was just now, at this stage in her life, discovering her true self and unleashing many of the personality strengths she had suppressed over the years. Marilee is embracing the RBI strengths of her personality (as well she should) and embracing her softer, more introspective side. I really…

LIFE BIKE Eleven

November 20, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
RAGBRAI XXII July 24-30, 1994 The 1994 ride began in Council Bluffs for the third time on July 24 and ended in Clinton for the third time on July 30. Overnight stops were Harlan, which had hosted riders in 1976 and 1983; Carroll and Perry, which each put out the welcome mat for the riders for the third time; Marshalltown, which had not seen the riders since RAGBRAI in 1974; Marion, which hosted the riders for the first time; and Maquoketa, the beautiful eastern Iowa town which hosted the riders…

Life Bike Nine

October 22, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
In my work life, occasionally, I get to travel.  Travel involved my great co-worker and best friend Roberta. Trips were monumental adventures.  I've been telling Roberta all about the great fun I'm having on a bike.  She's interested.  She decided that she needed a bike of her own.  She bought a beautiful maroon bike.  Almost the next day, something was mentioned about a trip to Iowa.  Roberta and I were going to be on the road again and we were thrilled. I told Roberta that I wanted to take my bike…