It’s 5 a.m. Thanksgiving morning as I write this. My house is full with my hubby, my daughters and a boyfriend, and my brother-in-law. We’ve cooked and laughed and walked and ridden bikes. We did […]
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). Mensa member. Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor. See books on Amazon in all global markets (USA link: https://www.amazon.com/Pattie-Baker/e/B005JBN7ZK).
We’re Kickin’ It Up Here!
Beeswax wraps. Bamboo cutlery. Sustainably-made outerwear. A really lovely selection of diverse books, including a gorgeous nonfiction scrapbook-style hardcover about the people behind our food, a girl-empowerment book, and a futuristic graphic novel about a […]
Meet Audrey Parker (Professor of Neuroscience, Trusting the Journey)
So I was waiting on the TellieTubbyLand-like astroturf mound in front of the Midtown MARTA station for Audrey Parker. She’s on Team Trust the Journey in the Atlanta Bike Challenge for Biketober, and as team […]
Meet Rita Thrasher (Adult Trike/Mountain Bike Coach Extraordinaire)
photo courtesy of Rita Thrasher So a little girl who grew up under Interstate 75 in the shadow of a Kentucky Fried Chicken landmark known as the Big Chicken rode her Huffy Thunder Road bike […]
Thank You, Metro Atlanta (Year-1 Exec Summary as Your Bicycle Mayor — Now Moving On Globally)
So, it’s a wrap this upcoming Sunday on my pro bono work (except for with refugees) in Metro Atlanta and the USA. I’ve left you some free assets related to my 3 defined goals for […]
“I Was Told There’d Be Cake”
I bear witness. It adds up. This poem-at-the-speed-of-bike is a collection of lines from signs I’ve captured as part of a street photography project. You can see them in the TikTok at the bottom of […]
Headspace
I have just a tiny bit of headspace left for the United States as the first Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor. One more week, in fact (although my pivot has already begun). Like FoodShed Planet (my […]
Sharing Garden Update
There was a gathering about to happen when I got to the Jolly Avenue Garden for refugees yesterday to check on the Sharing Garden. I didn’t stay. I’m not comfortable in crowds again yet. I […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 