Author Archives: sam

What blogs? you ask, if you don’t mind my conjuring you up and dropping you seemingly in mid-paragraph. Present company excluded, those would be Another Cycling Forum, since retired except for the slowly expanding l’image vidage collection, and Not Another Cycling … Continue reading →

As a kid I spent five years delivering the paper (these links will give you some local flavour). Wednesdays were thickest with ads, Thursdays thinnest. Saturday mornings coldest. The most replayed mental video clip of my young life was an … Continue reading →

[Approaches podium, Hi my name is Sam and I’m a sugar addict, etc.] Well, I knew the day would come. I even cold-bloodedly planned for it in various fantasies, most lately involving peanut-butter fudge. To take my mind off the … Continue reading →

[Takes a symbolic 12 steps to the podium.] Hello. My name is Sam, and I’m a sugar addict. [Pauses for “Hello Sam.” The sympathy in the air is palpable.] It started when I was a child. Candy bars bought with … Continue reading →