This is the latest installment of my #Bike5784 posts, where I’m posting about my efforts to bike at least 4200 miles (the length of the TransAmerica bike route) in the Jewish year of 5784. Click here to read more about this initiative. Tags: #Ebicycle #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #BikeJewish #Bicycle #Oklahoma #Photos September 21, 2023 Today’s mileage: 3.2 JYTD Mileage: 67.21 Where I am at on my imaginary ride of the TransAmerica Bike route: near Richmond, VA Summary: Just a quick ride to the store and then some cruising around the neighborhood. Pictures: None for today.
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Bike 5784 Update for September 20, 2023
This is the latest installment of my #Bike5784 posts, where I’m posting about my efforts to bike at least 4200 miles (the length of the TransAmerica bike route) in the Jewish year of 5784. Click here to read more about this initiative. Tags: #Ebicycle #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #BikeJewish #Bicycle #Oklahoma #Photos September 20, 2023 Today’s mileage: 16.9 JYTD Mileage: 64.01 Where I am at on my imaginary ride of the TransAmerica Bike route: approaching Richmond, VA. Summary: I did a round-trip ride to Stars and Stripes Park at Lake Hefner to participate in a Reverse Tashlich (community trash pickup) with the OKC […]
Free Speech , LGBTQ , Oklahoma
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Oklahoma needs public television! Save OETA!
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2023/05/08/outdoorsman-tell-gov-stitt-and-your-legislator-to-support-oeta/70194158007/ Please take a moment and call or email your state legislator, urging them to override Gov. Stitt’s painfully stupid (and hateful) veto of funding for OETA (Oklahoma’s PBS network — FYI, the only network that serves the entire state). #PBS #OETA #Oklahoma #LGBTQ
Judaism , Mennonite , Oklahoma
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A presentation: Comparing the Anabaptist and Jewish traditions
Video: Two Traditions that I love: Comparing Anabaptism and Judaism The following is the text of a talk I gave at Joy Mennonite Church in Oklahoma City on April 23, 2023. I am very thankful that this church (where I once ministered) was willing to let me come back and share some of my observations from these two traditions (FYI, I am now Jewish). Also, FYI – the accompanying slide show for this talk can be found here. (SLIDE 1) It is such a joy to be here at Joy today! (laughs) Today I’m going to speak about what I […]
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Picture from E-bike – August 2022
Here are a few pictures I took on yesterday’s #ebike ride in a nearby neighborhood. #Oklahoma #OKC #Photos #Birds #Heron
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Ingrid’s has closed!?
Incredibly sad news. I have a lot of fond memories of this place… 1. Attending the progressive pastor’s breakfast (back when I was a #Mennonite minister) and talking #theology and #activism over coffee with folks like Zach Gleason, Kathy Shook McCallie and Lance A Schmitz 2. Taking a break from a hot afternoon of tabling at #OKCPride —- their cool and dark dining room was a lovely place on a hot summer day to hide out. 3. Eating there with my family on Friday nights, as my son loved to eat their massive club sandwiches prior to Shabbat services — […]
Bike , Oklahoma , Photos
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Ebike adventure to Cashion, Oklahoma
This was originally posted on Facebook. This morning’s ride up to #Cashion, #Oklahoma and back on the #ebike.
Oklahoma , Personal Updates
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My mom is coming out of retirement!
This was originally posted on Facebook. Have to brag on my mom… after several years of retirement, she is going back to teaching at my old high school this fall! Very appreciative of her doing this, particularly when there is such a shortage of teachers in this state. #Oklahoma #OKEd
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From the JMBzine Vault – Bicycle Commuting Report – Dec. 31, 2005
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. (Tags: #Bicycle #Oklahoma #OKC) December 31, 2005 Miles riden today: 30.0 miles (58.6 so far this week) Total Miles riden since Sept. 19, 2005: 620.6 (Mileage totals by bike: 555.8-New Schwinn Hybrid; 2.8-Old Schwinn; 8.0-Graziella Folding Bicycle; 57-Rental bicycle in Portland) Today was a great day on […]
Caddo County , JMBzine Vault , Weather
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From the vault of The Pine Ridge Journal: November 16, 2001
This post is from the vault of The Pine Ridge Journal (a blog I wrote about my life for a year or so at my grandparent’s old farm near the community of Pine Ridge, Oklahoma). I must also mention that is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. – I generally do not edit my past writings, except to fix obvious spelling and grammar issues, or […]