JOURNEY

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

 
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Some readers (on my blog, and other popular blogs) are being "kicked off" - or not allowed to follow.  Some readers are lost - floating somewhere in cyberspace.  

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JOURNEY 

            The act of traveling from one place to another.

            Expedition

             Passage 

Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

"Not all those who wander are lost."

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

Faith, Megan, Sarah.  Copyright 2004 Marcia Norwood

 

STORYTELLER CARD;  Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

FAITH.  Copyright 20011 Marcia Norwood

"I  tramp a perpetual journey."

Walt Whitmen,

Song of Myself

STORYTELLER CARD;  Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

China.  Copyright 2002 Marcia Norwood

 "It is good 

to have an end to a journey toward;

but it is the journey 

that matters,

in the end."

Ernest Hemingway

Bicycles in China.  Copyright 2002  Marcia Norwood

Marcia, Cousin Tandra, Sister Gloria.  Copyright 1953 Marcia Norwood

"We should not judge people

by their peak of excellence,

but by the distance 

they have traveled

from the point

where they started."

Henry Ward Beecher

Kansas City, Missouri.  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

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Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking


  

Megan, Marcia, Sarah, Faith.  Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

B I C Y C L E

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking



Bicycles are fun to ride, and also wonderful to plant, and place in the yard as garden art.

My Vintage Bicycle

"Life is like riding a bicycle.

To keep your balance you must keep moving."

       Albert Einstein

(In a letter to his son Eduard, 1930)

Granddaughter Megan, Daughters Sarah and Faith on Bronze Statue at Scholte House, Pella Iowa

      "I  thought of  that  while riding my bicycle."

Albert Einstein

(In reference to the Theory of Relativity)

Image from Graphics Fairy:  http://thegraphicsfairy.com/

Granddaughter Megan Jewell  (2007)

   

Granddaughter Emily Grace  (2007)

From Left:  Granddaughter Megan, Grandsons Joshua and Caleb, Daughter Sarah, Granddaughter Emily, and Daughter Faith  (2007)

Daughter Sarah Zheng-Kang  (2007)

Daughter Faith Fu Ju  (2007)

"I feel that I am entitled

to my share of lightheartedness,

 and there is nothing wrong

with enjoying one's self simply, like a boy."

Leo Tolstoy

(In response to criticism for learning to ride a bicycle at age 67)

Grandson Joshua Taylor  (2007)

"It is by riding a bicycle

that you learn the contours of a country best,

since you have to sweat up the hills 
and coast down them.

Thus you remember them as they actually are,

while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you,

and you have no such accurate remembrance of country

you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle."

Ernest Hemingway

My Vintage Bicycle

"Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle,

I have hope for the human race." 

H.G. Wells

My Vintage Bicycle

 "Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind;

it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes

 to balance oneself on a bicycle."

            Helen Keller

          (Deaf and Blind Political Activist)

           

Robin Perches on My Vintage Bicycle

"Next to a leisurely walk 

I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. 

It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face

and the springy motion of my iron steed. 

The rapid rush through the air 

gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, 

and the exercise makes my pulse dance 

and my heart sing." 

Helen Keller

(Deaf and Blind Political Activist)

My Vintage Bicycle

 

To discover

where I found my vintage bicycle,

and see more photographs...

click on this link:

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-love-affair-with-garden-art.html

 

BICYCLE  IN  THE  NEWS: 

Victory is his! 

Cyclist steals back stolen bike, 

and leaves thief cardboard cutout 

and mocking note.

Click on this link to read more:  

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/cyclist-who-had-bike-stolen-steals-it-back--leaves-behind-cardboard-cutout-and-snarky-note-for-thief-191415731.html

Thanks for stopping by!

Come again, and bring a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking