Author Archives: Rich Freggiaro

From December 27 until January 1, I dumped almost 8 inches of rain from my gauge. After all this precipitation, on New Year’s Eve winds of 50+ mph blew through our area leaving fallen trees, broken limbs and downed power lines behind. On Brumby Road the power went out at 10:11 PM. We stumbled aroundContinue reading “How Not to Start a Year”

Today, per nurse’s instructions, I removed the bandages she put on yesterday. Carefully, using a clever technique she taught me: Take a cotton ball soaked in alcohol (the rubbing kind, not Stolichnaya) and dab the adhering part of the bandage. The alcohol loosens the adhesion so the bandage can be easily removed. For the firstContinue reading “Flip Flop Flap”

My first night with the pedicle flap was a rough one. I got about 3 hours sleep. I kept waking up because my head and nose hurt so much. I took a melatonin and a Unisom and managed to sleep from 2 to 4 am, then tossed for 30 minutes before getting up to startContinue reading “Flap Fixation”

I might not be on the bike for a while… Today I had the first step of the ‘repair’ for the hole in my nose from the Mohs to remove the basal carcinoma there. There were several options, including just leaving everything alone. Based on what a wonderful day today was, I kind of wishContinue reading “Richard the Red Nosed Rider Reprised”

Back in August 2000, something appeared on my left arm. Since Stoker had a carcinoma removed from her forearm a few years ago, I showed it to my regular physician. It looked like a hematoma but he didn’t know for certain, so he referred me to a dermatologist. The soonest appointment I could get wasContinue reading “Richard the Red Nosed Rider”

Remember Fearless Frank’s Flat Fiasco last July? Here’s the link: https://freehtt.org/2022/07/04/fearless-frank-fioris-four-front-flats-fiasco/. Something similar happened yesterday. Thursday’s club ride was blessed with nearly perfect winter weather and amiable company. Someone described the Stockton Bicycle Club members as a bunch of “Geriatric, white privileged roadies”. I don’t know about the privileged part, but the other two countsContinue reading “Flat Fiasco Redux”

Alert readers may note that I made a grammatical error in the title of this post. I have not suddenly gone senile, although things are moving in that direction. No, I did it on purpose to get you’re attention. And they’re is another one (and another!), two deliberate mistakes to introduce my latest topic: highContinue reading “Their Up to No Good”

But sometimes I wish it wasn’t. Some of my readers know that Stoker has health issues that have made travel difficult for us. I am happy to report that over the last several weeks she has been feeling much better. So much better, that last week she suggested we take a two night trip toContinue reading “The World is My Oyster…”

Diane’s mom Doris passed away this week. Just short of 99 years old and in poor health, it was no surprise. Soon after her four daughters and their husbands got together for a kind of cross country Zoom wake. It was cocktail time in the Central Time Zone, and I bent a rule and pouredContinue reading “Remembering Doris”

Sometimes I wonder just how stupid our political leaders think we are. Case in point… “Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden’s leadership,” the White House tweeted Monday. Seniors are not getting an ‘increase’ in anything. The purchasing power of their Social Security checks FELLContinue reading “Up, Up and Away”