As a League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor who specifically teaches women and girls, specifically in highly-diverse Metro Atlanta, I encounter a specific reality over and over again. And that’s this: Women and girls with […]
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.
Painfully Cute!
I got this photo via text last night and I was like O.M.G! Painfully cute!!!! This is my friend’s grandbaby modeling the Artsy Bike baby bib! You know you want this for your baby, grandbaby, […]
Reverence
It’s quiet at Atlanta’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities right now. The students have been elsewhere since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the contractors and guards are still tending and gatekeeping, pleasantly greeting […]
Meet Matt
Meet Matt. He’s Today’s Nice Stranger. He gets to paint new cycletracks green. I met him while Traveling at the Speed of Bike to work on my new free Ride Spot tour yesterday featuring Atlanta’s […]
a Second(er) or Two about Why You’re Needed
So I’ve been providing a little bit of input to the development of a course for people driving motor vehicles who encounter people on bikes in the Metro Atlanta city of Dunwoody, Georgia. The course […]
SNCC Peek
And on this day of the runoff election to fill the final month in the seat of U.S. Senator John Lewis (street photography taken as the casket of Senator Lewis arrived at the Georgia State […]
Final Month of Leap Year. Join Me.
The news is dire. The pain is palpable. And there is only one way through December that I can see, and that’s to continue my daily Leaps of Faith. I invite you to join me. […]
Allow. Don’t Ask How.
I go back to this photo a lot. I took it while Traveling at the Speed of Bike in the Krog Street Tunnel in the City of Atlanta awhile ago. A lot is happening as […]
