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A deep connection, a moment in time on a coast-to- coast bicycle adventure

It was early December when I disassembled and packed my touring bicycle and gear in a large cardboard box and flew from my home in…

5 min readSep 8, 2022

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Pitch a tent, attract a handsome fellow or three, and meet an amazing kid

3 min readJul 7, 2021

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The textbook scam…and a radical idea from a college lecturer

Years ago, a colleague, an electrical engineer, was angered by the speciousness of his daughter’s elementary school textbooks. The textbook…

2 min readJul 9, 2021

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Okra: a vegetable so slimy you don’t notice how hairy it is.

It’s a gift from the vegetable kingdom.

3 min readJan 2, 2022

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Forty years later my friend remains true to form

While in my early twenties I started a job with an engineering company in the small city (population 12,000 at that time) where I had…

5 min readJul 2, 2021

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A realistic cautionary tale, Ruby.

One might also consider a revocable trust, with advantages over a will, the largest one is that a trust is exempt from probate (or that is…

1 min readMar 6, 2024

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My paternal grandparents became NY urban refugees to North Miami Beach in the 1970s.

1 min readAug 24, 2023

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Elle, you are a good writer, but every essay you write has the same victim theme: with my…

It is time to square your shoulders, muster up some self- determination, and develop a cogent plan instead of bemoaning your fate. The…

1 min readOct 18, 2022

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Arizonan transplanted to Texas.

From my perspective, first having bicycled through Texas, now a resident, small Texas towns can be grouped roughly by longitude into three…

1 min readSep 9, 2022

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Until a month ago, I refused to even edit admissions application essays.

1 min readFeb 6, 2022

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Jan Gerston

Jan Gerston

Cyclist, hiker, textile enthusiast, Anglophile. Domestic goddess-without-portfolio. Fan of any classic music genre, Baroque to rock. Owned by 2 dogs + 2 cats.

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