It is just a week since I’ve stopped posting on Instagram and Twitter, and it is already significantly quieter in my head and richer in my life. And I realize, once again, that quiet doesn’t equal silent. That all who wander are not lost. That everything is, and will be, as it is meant to…
Author: pattiebaker
Writer, street photographer, and League Cycling Instructor traveling at the speed of bike. See books on Amazon in all global markets.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Happiness is when you come upon a bike rider who stops to play Bohemian Rhapsody by heart on a public piano. And then I got to thinking about this old post, and its possibilities: Public Piano Concert to Come? So I ran into a man playing a public piano at the Arts Center MARTA…
Vision board
Thinking things through. Thankful for a new vision board this year. This one will take me through the next five years, through age 60 (mind-blowing to even verbalize that). It covers art/career, relationships, family, and healthy living. Lots of Traveling at the Speed of Bike, of course, and a distinct focus now is getting myself…
Today’s-Nice-Stranger pick-of-the-week
For the Today’s Nice Stranger pick-of-the-week, I’m going with these girls at the Children’s Climate March at the Georgia State Capitol building.
Art-of-Bike-Riding pick-of-the-week
Oh, goodness — there was so much good art I passed while Traveling at the Speed of Bike in Los Angeles this past week, but I’m gonna go with this one. You can see more on my Instagram feed, but since I’ve now stopped posting on Instagram and Twitter, that will be the last of…
Street photography pick-of-the-week
This week’s street photography pick-of-the-week is this couple on a bench in Santa Monica, California.
May the wind be always at your back
Happy St. Patty’s Day. May the wind be always at your back. (Photo from my bike tour this past week in Los Angeles.)
Bit by bit
Bit by bit, your city is either building a connected network of safe access, or it isn’t. Despite some impressive forward movement in some areas, my suburb-city isn’t. Bit-by-bit, it is eroding its potential and skirting its responsibility by installing inadequate or no bike infrastructure on main roads that lead to schools, parks, places of…
