Author Archives: Paulie [eatl/ga]

First tomato of the year eaten, a small, slightly larger than a ping pong ball, Heinz variety. It was sublime. I made a potato leek soup last night, to which I added a yellow squash and some garlic. The only … Continue reading →

I have nothing today other than this morning I am making my second attempt at baking a loaf of white bread. Wordle: five, my starter was STAGE

After giving up on riding last night due to rain I finally got back into WLF to slam in the four posts that I will use for two Florida weaves to keep up the six San Marzano tomato plants I … Continue reading →

Spent nearly the whole of yesterday running errands. I should have been smart and brought the socket wrench I am trying to replace with me to Harbor Freight, but I didn’t, so I couldn’t convince myself to buy two different … Continue reading →

BRAG is over, more than 330 miles of cycling and I gained two pounds, and have arms with heat rash. Our BRAG riding weather was fine, with a few nights of overnight, heavy rain. Upon returning home Saturday I took … Continue reading →

BRAG Day 5: Dawsonville to Clarksville. All in all, I had a good, strong ride. This is my second time in Clarksville, BRAG came here in 2023 on the Clayton to Augusta route. Rain came hard to Clarksville last night … Continue reading →

BRAG Day 4: Rain arrived, getting everything wet. Thankfully everything in my tent stayed relatively dry. Dinner was a fiasco that we will talk about for a long time. The story is too long and convoluted to recount here, next … Continue reading →

BRAG Day 3 was tough, but nowhere near as bad as Day 2. We rolled into Dawsonville, and set up in a park behind a Food Lion, which is convenient. Wordle: three, my starter was ORBIT

Stage two, Cartersville to Jasper nearly broke me. The 48-mile route had 4000ft of elevation change, but worse than that had some climbs of nearly 18%! I walked my bike up two of those, and managed to pedal all of … Continue reading →

BRAG Day 1 in the books. This week if climbing will be a massive challenge for me. Add Suwannee’s Monkey Wrench Brewing to the list of defunct Georgia breweries. Wordle: four, my starter was SPRAY