I Rode to Joy again yesterday after Traveling at the Speed of Bike from my home to a MARTA train station; riding the train to Midtown, Atlanta; and then riding to the City of Decatur […]
The Snuffaluffagus drugs
I’m knee deep in an exhaustive number of medical appointments, blood tests, vaccinations, clinical report-gathering, etc. for my Peace Corps clearance (while dragging a terrific memoir named How to Cook a Crocodile, about a NYC […]
A woman named Stacy
So I was unlocking Magic at a local coffee shop yesterday after meeting with my friend, Richard of the Worms (how he got that name is a story in my book, Food for My Daughters […]
These hands
I am Traveling at the Speed of Bike with BikeNoodle today to my local police department to get my fingerprints for the Peace Corps (as if that’s the most normal sentence in the world). And […]
Final metro Atlanta class
I donate classes for free or significantly-reduced prices (compared to REI and elsewhere), specifically for women and girls, made possible by support of my book, Traveling at the Speed of Bike. This is the final […]
Motivation statement
I had to submit an updated Motivation Statement after the Peace Corps asked me to reapply when I wasn’t accepted for Jamaica. If interested, here is what I sent (without the photo, which is from […]
The beating back of nature
Every year they try it — the pouring on of chemicals, the beating back of nature. But it never works. It is in this land’s nature to bloom, to flourish. It is in my nature. […]
“Dear Patricia”
I have a super hard decision to make this morning, wth big thanks to my letters-of-recommendation writers who started my on this journey, K. Rashid Nuri, Rebecca Rohloff Clough, and Robyn Elliott when I originally […]
