I always start with visuals. While traveling Round Ireland with a Duck (the sequel to Round America with a Duck) recently, I took photos right there in a clover field, by the Irish Sea, at Donegal Bay, and […]
Time
I’m not home a minute before I scoop up armfuls of long, white Daikon radishes and bountiful greens, yellow squash, jalapeños, Thai basil and more from my front yard garden, planted before I left. I’m […]
magical Mystery Tour
A storm named Ashley rages outside my bedroom window, threatening to blow the large polytunnel full of greens and tomatoes skyward, onward across Donegal Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Sandbagged and secured, it should be […]
No Guns. No Snakes.
No guns. No snakes. With each step I take onto a crowded Luas tram in Dublin or briar patch on a horse and cattle farm in southeast Ireland, those two facts of where I am […]
Only Bike Bookshop in the World!
Welcome to the only bike book shop in the world! Whether you were in “the boom where it happened” in the 1970s, you’ve joined the biggest bike boom since then (or, as I like to […]
My Birthday Request
A year ago today I dipped my tire in the Pacific Ocean, after having dipped it months earlier in the Atlantic Ocean as well during my journey Round America with a Duck via bike, buses, trains and […]
Arán agus Im
So I’m learning a new language, things like please (le do thoil) and thank you (go raibh maith agat). I can order bread and butter (arán agus im). And I’m moved to tears about how […]
Practically FREE during America’s Birthday Week!
Good morning, America! As my gift to you during your birthday week, Round America with a Duck is currently as close to FREE as Amazon will let me make it! Get the digital edition for […]
