I get to spend two mornings a week for the next three months in Clarkston, Georgia — the most diverse square mile in the USA, with refugees resettled from something like 50 countries. I’ve spent […]
Author: Pattie Baker
Writer, street photographer, urban farmer and global WWOOFer. League Cycling Instructor (#5382) and first Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor as part of global consortium with Amsterdam-based social enterprise BYCS. Peace Corps Uganda invitee (June 2020, derailed due to COVID-19). Former CDC Foundation Communications Specialist with State of Alaska Dept. of Health on Healthy You in 2022 project. Mensa member. See books on Amazon in all global markets (USA link: https://www.amazon.com/Pattie-Baker/e/B005JBN7ZK) and on indie book sites.
Not open for business
If your city leaders are adding paths in the woods that are only “open” from dawn to dusk, they have just spent thousands of tax dollars on a purely recreational amenity that cannot be considered […]
It isn’t easy being a mural
Instead of singing, “It isn’t easy being green,” these Kermit the Frogs learned too late that it’s even harder to be a mural. So many murals I’ve photographed while Traveling at the Speed of Bike […]
As easy as ABC
It’s as easy as ABC to find things of interest while Traveling at the Speed of Bike. Here’s that time I literally found the ABCs.
Beehive of activity
You wouldn’t know it from the quiet of the Relay Bikeshare station in its shadow, but Mercedes Benz Stadium, where the big college football championship game is being played Monday (and President Trump is planning […]
Taken a shining
My paternal grandfather from (what was formerly known as) Czechoslovakia was an orthopedic shoemaker in the Yorkville section of New York City. My dad helped him make deliveries when he was a boy. When I […]
I love this ad
I love this ad because it showcases in a simple visual the fact that women make or influence 80% of all consumer purchase decisions, and the fact that bike riders shop more locally and more […]
Seniors-on-trikes recommendations!
I taught seniors on trikes this entire past year. You may want to consider offering this empowering, transformative, and fun course to seniors in your city as well. Perhaps my attached document would be helpful […]
