D&F 1-22-23
D&F 1/22/23 After nearly 3 years of COVID pandemic I tested positive after a work trip this week. Travel for work? Never worth it. I was feeling a tad tired...
D&F 1/16/23
You can call me Jeanne Tripplehorne because this week, baby, I’m living in Waterworld. At this rate, maybe I’ll get to ride my bike again in February. On the...
D&F 1-7-23
D&F 1/7/23 Greetings from the drowned city of Oakland. The atmospheric river keeps’a’flowin’ and all my cycling routes are muddy and festooned with branches....
D&F 1-1-23
D&F 1/1/23 Happy New Year! It feels like it's still 2020, honestly, but I guess it's almost three years since the beginning of COVID in the states. Wild....
D&F 12/25/22
Happy Christmas, mid-Hanukah, and 4 days post-solstice. The days, my friend, are getting longer. I am excited. Coming back from Japan one of my three missed...
D&F 12-19-22
D&F 12/18/22 Hello again from Oakland. I'm safely ensconced under a blanket on my beloved couch at home as I write this. My trip was great, but it's great to...
D&F 12-12-22
D&F 12/12/22 This trip to Japan has included way more Christmas music than I would typically listen to in five years. I’m writing this from a valley between...
D&F 11-27-22
D&F 11/27/22 This newsletter comes to you from the other side of 38 years old. It’s wild to me that I’m so close to 40 at this point, as it feels like it...
D&F 12-4-22
D&F 12/4/22 中目黒で今日は！I’m writing this from a cute soba shop in Nakameguro, close to the cute Meguro river. Today I’m wandering Tokyo by foot, with plans to...
D&F 11-20-22
D&F 11-20-22
D&F 11-13-22
D&F 11/13/22 It’s hygge season in the Shelley house. Snorri is cuddled-up on my blanket-covered lap, candles are glowing, and the simple joy of reading a...
D&F 11/6/22
D&F 11/6/22 It’s Scorpio season and the end(?) of Daylight Saving Time, as well as Twitter as we knew it. There’s a lot going on and some of it involves the...
Backlog 10.31.22
Happy Halloween! I think it’s time to get out your Xmas tree now and begin slow-sous-viding your turkeys for the rest of the holidays. My trip to Oregon was...
Backlog 10.24.22
D&F 10/24/22 One more week till Halloween! As an adult, a holiday where you can get real mid candy from neighbors for free is less exciting, but skeletons...
Backlog 10.16.22
As required by law, I attended an Oktoberfest party yesterday focused on bikes, a Biketoberfest. Sadly, there were limited sausages to be had, but I did...
D&F 10-9-22
D&F 10/9/22 Spooky season continues with horror movies aplenty, and a recovery week from way too much bike riding. I kicked off the month with a rewatch of...
D&F 10-2-22
D&F 10-2-22 It’s spooky season, can you believe it? Decorative gourds, giant skeletons, and candy stolen from kids under the auspice of health. The fall is...
D&F 9-25-22
D&F 9-25-22 This weekend I did my first cyclocross race, and managed to finish upright and even score a podium place. Women’s cycling events usually have...
D&F 9-19-22
D&F 9/18/22 Ding dong the queen is dead, which old queen, the racist imperial corgi-breeding one. I think every former colony of the UK should get a holiday...
D&F 9-12-22
D&F 9/11/22 Do you feel like you've forgotten something today? Something you were meant to never forget? Perhaps it's that the queen of England is dead, or...
D&F 9-4-22
D&F 9/4/22 Long weekends are the best. For a fleeting day or two extra, you can pretend that your life is your own and you don't perform labor for healthcare...
D&F 8-29-22
D&F 8/29/22 Happy Sunday! You made it! I hope your day is filled with joy, sun, and the love of a friend, family member, or pet. A little bird told me his...
D&F 8-21-22
D&F 8/21/22 Happy Sunday! Again the skies in Oakland are bright, blue, and warming. I've never liked summer much growing up, outside of the time off from...
D&F 8-15-22
D&F 8/15/22 Thanks for the well-wishes last week! Healing is going too slowly for my liking, but I got an excellent massage on Friday, and I'm hopeful if I...
D&F 8-8-22
D&F 8/8/22 Had a bit of a bike crash yesterday (I’m ok!) which means no newsletter this week. I’m gonna keep laying around and resting. My only tip is: keep...
D&F 7-31-22
D&F 7-31-22 Happy wedding to Brian and Kenna! This weekend was my first wedding in a few years, and it took me to the crisp mountain air of Graegle. Drinks...
D&F 7/24/22
D&F 7/24/22 This week felt long! I was able to get a few bike rides in, but spent Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and today on call, which always puts a damper on...
D&F 7-19-22
D&F 7/19/22 No camping this week so I'm back with my regular linked-packed newsletter. I very nearly went out on another camping trip this weekend, but...
D&F 7-11-22
D&F 7/11/22 I did it! I finally went bike camping. Thanks to Emily, I got a waitlist spot on a women and NB bike camping trip to China Camp this weekend, and...
D&F 7-4-22
D&F 7/4/22 Ah, the long weekend. We might have less independence from the aging oligarchy in the United States due to the Supreme Court’s destruction of...
D&F 6-26-22
D&F 6/26/22 Today was all blue skies and dirt roads as I climbed gravel hills in Oakland. I finished my night over beers with my friend Emily, and counted my...
D&F 6-20-22
D&F 6/20/22 This week was a chaotic blend of in-person meetings, transit, and drinking with Irish and Australian folks. Of particular note was a text from a...
D&F 6-12-22
D&F 6/12/22 After a few long-weekends, this one is entirely too short. Friday was for errands and tv and dreaming about new routes to try the bike I finished...
D&F 6-5-22
D&F 6/5/22 Happy June, cool cats! The good news is the latest COVID wave has peaked again, but the bad news is everyone is going to pretend the pandemic is...
D&F 5-28-22
D&F 5/28/22 Apologies for missing a newsletter last week. I underestimate how overwhelming a huge bike event with tons, and tons of riding would be for my...
D&F 5-16-22
D&F 5/16/22 This week I'm getting excited about a big bike ride and a little trip I get to take soon. For the first time in two years, I get to leave the...
D&F 5-8-22
D&F 5/8/22 Another weekend is nearly over, and my legs are tired. I took on a short but steep ride yesterday, climbing over 3600 feet in around ten miles....
D&F 5-2-22
D&F 5/2/22 Super wiped this week for various reasons so I’m taking a break. I’ll leave you with a great little post by Robin Sloan on Twitter. Closing Back...
# D&F 4/25/22
D&F 4/25/22 Happy 420 week to all who celebrate. When I was a kid the weed culture I knew about was shopping at Spencer's gifts for lava lamps or being...
D&F 4/17/22
This weekend I'm on call at work. This happens just about once a quarter, but it's often been quiet. Unfortunately I had a few things to respond to beginning...
D&F 4-10-22
D&F 4/10/22 For the first time in over two years I went to a concert. My friend Cooper hit me up this week to give me two free tickets from his date, C, and...
D&F 04-03-22
D&F 04/02/22 This week I’m even more beat than last, with almost 4,000ft of climbing over 4 hours and around 40mi covered. I rode with my friend Carlos and...
D&F 3/27/22
D&F 3/27/22 Yesterday marked my longest ever bike ride at 100.5km and 711m of climbing. Afterwards I was far too wiped-out to do much more than eat and share...
D&F 3-21-22
D&F 3/21/22 A bit of rain, a bit of wine, and an exhausting week. The lull in COVID has me both hopeful and extremely skeptical. After two years, another...
D&F 3-14-22
D&F 3/14/22 Today was a real first for me, with a lot of gravel riding. I spent over three hours climbing up and down Wildcat Canyon's pitted and steep...
D&F 3-7-22
D&F 3/7/22 Well, this late newsletter thing is getting to be an unfortunate habit. Due to the deaths of two cat friends this week (River and Atlas), I went...
D&F 2-27-22
D&F 2/27/22 Super late email this week! I woke up at noon Saturday because Elden Ring came out this week and I got sucked-in to the weird world of endless...
D&F 2-21-22
D&F 2/21/22 Saturday was long and beautiful. After a late start, I fed a friend's cats then headed-out towards an adventure across the bay. After a bit of a...
D&F 2-13-22
D&F 2/13/22 Happy Sunday! This newsletter is coming to you a bit late because my Saturday was spent riding my bike and then enjoying a long evening of wine...