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 […]
City Ratings 2024 Just Released
Update June 26, 2024: I received word last evening that my city is trying to artificially boost its PeopleForBikes score by encouraging Google to include bike lanes that don’t meet standards for safe access for […]
Duck into an Indie Bookstore
That bookstore (Word) on the corner in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in front of which I left my BikeBloom earrings as part of #FreeArtFriday during my cross-country journey? Yep. The one (Boulder Bookstore) on pedestrian-only Pearl Street […]
Featured on the Growing Good Podcast
I brushed off the dirt from my suburban garden and found a spot to talk that wasn’t too loud with birdsong and lawnmowers. Lisa Munniksma called from Wisconsin before leaving for Minnesota and then Alaska. […]
