Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month, known as NaNoWriMo. It serves as a public challenge to write 50,000 words in a month. I’m taking it as an opportunity to finally compile […]
283 miles later
Biketober was great. My team, Trusting the Journey, came in 2nd in our pool, and more importantly, we had fun. Plus, 283 miles later, I feel a renewed connection to my fellow bike riders close […]
What’s left
So here’s what’s left after the last ten years or so. Some photos. Some books. And some notes underneath it all about what to create next, because creating is a reminder that I’m still alive, […]
Truth at a crossroads
So I’m reading an excellent new book from Microcosm Publishing titled Bicycle/Race, written by Dr. Adonia E. Lugo (who helped start the CycLAvia open streets events in Los Angeles years ago) and I’m reminded about […]
The understory
The way the light hits the golden grasses of the understory beneath the mature trees in the woods while I ride at lunchtime breaks from the hospital reminds me of the montado in Portugal and […]
One stitch at a time
I caught my reflection in my mother’s mirror, which showcased her newest of many quilts and that classic photo of her parents on the porch next to the roses at the house in New Jersey, […]
4. Alabama
I didn’t roll my little Bike-O machine to pick the next state this time because I discovered Megabus goes from Atlanta to Birmingham and I want to try out its bikeshare there (plus tour some […]
To go elsewhere
My mother is ill, and God may be calling her home. I come and I go to her house and the hospital and stop at a path in the woods with my bike. There is […]
