I’ve announced my free “Pedal Power with Pattie” classes for the summer. I’ve chosen to only offer classes that have easy access to bikeshare. One of the upcoming classes is in a metro-Atlanta city named […]
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Mid-wash
I mention in my book how I buried some friends. Every year when the hydrangeas bloom (as they are doing right now), I am reminded of one of them and this poem I wrote afterwards. […]
Toot, toot
Happiness is . . . getting a toot, toot from the streetcar drivers when I’m Traveling at the Speed of Bike. We’ve been waving at each other for years as I’ve been doing a longitudinal […]
Feel-good reflections
A lot of folks share with me their own bike memories after reading my book, which I love to hear. A man texted me the following reflections, and he gave me permission to share them […]
“I love this book”
“I read Pattie’s latest book in one sitting, and she has captured the spirit of what a bike can do for one’s body and soul. It’s fun (and easy) to place one’s self on her […]
Simple and miraculous
It’s really just as simple and miraculous as this*, folks, when you’re Traveling at the Speed of Bike. * watch the whole five seconds
They exist
Something like 81% of Americans say they want to write a book. Yet so many people die with that desire still inside them, or their unpublished manuscripts stuffed under their beds. As a bike rider […]
Pennies on the tracks
One of my fave books is The Grapes of Wrath (which I read for the first time just a couple of years ago), for many reasons. I especially love that John Steinbeck mixes fiction and […]
