UPDATE: The BikeBloom website just launched! Am still working out a few things but check it out! Welcome, everyone! I’d like to extend an especially warm welcome to customers of REI, where #BikeBloom upcycled bike […]
Author: Pattie Baker
Writer, street photographer, urban farmer, and League Cycling Instructor (#5382), learning as I grow and traveling at the speed of bike. Peace Corps Uganda invitee (June 2020, delayed due to COVID-19). CDC Foundation Communications Specialist working with State of Alaska Dept. of Health on Healthy You in 2022 project. Mensa member. Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor. See books on Amazon in all global markets (USA link: https://www.amazon.com/Pattie-Baker/e/B005JBN7ZK).
How to Get Your #BikeBloom Earrings
Hi, all. You may have seen me gathering buttercups. I use them as an accent on handcrafted plantable-paper packaging for my upcycled earrings made from old bike tubes from REI (and other bike waste). These […]
Meet Waverley
So I get an email from a woman named Waverley who asks about a bike class. Turns out she hadn’t ridden a bike in years but then went out on the flat Silver Comet trail […]
Slice of Life
I mostly go alone to Clarkston, Georgia each week. I often drive to Decatur and ride my bike from there (12-15 miles total, depending on how much I putz around — see virtual bike tours […]
Alaska
I joined the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, on the health and well-being team. I’m there to listen and learn, for now. I’ve been learning a great deal in my new job the past few […]
I Quit Twitter
I quit Twitter. Not because of politics or Elon Musk (but maybe a little). Twitter and I have been through a lot together since 2009, and I’ve especially enjoyed being a microinfluencer the past couple […]
Brace Yourself — This Is Gorgeous
So while zipping around under the moon and stars on my little ebike (yet again), I discovered something breathtaking. Look at what happens when a car goes by my under-the-power-lines buttercup patch at night! (Brace […]
The Person for Whom I’ve Been Preparing This Garden Has Appeared
The person for whom I’ve been preparing this garden the past eight months (unbeknownst to either of us) appeared yesterday. As usual when these things happen, he seemed to drop out of thin air. And […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 