So I took this photo yesterday while riding my bike because a magnolia is blooming in October in Atlanta and that’s not normal. I didn’t even notice the lizard until I got home and then […]
The mail lady
So I was riding along in a bike lane behind a man in a wheelchair and we both came upon a mail delivery vehicle parked in the lane. I caught up with the man and […]
Broken concrete person
There used to be a broken concrete person here, laying amidst detritus and debris. It inspired the third installment of my Poems at the Speed of Bike, which I’ve left in that exact spot (the […]

Spokesgirl
I wrote a Young Adult novel named Spokesgirl about a teenage osteosarcoma survivor who learned to ride a unicycle, thus changing her life and the lives of those around her. That was years ago. Recently, […]

How not to get run over
So sometimes I need to ride in my suburb-city because I’m trying to ride every day for the #Biketober Atlanta Bike Challenge (Team “Trust the Journey”!) and I can’t always get into much-more-bike-friendly Atlanta. I […]
One thing that scares me
They say to do something every day that scares you. You’d think that would mean “taking the lane” for a bike rider. But for me, that’s not the scary thing. The scary thing on a […]

Thanks, Charlie
So the derailleur on Attica was pulling up when I backpedaled, such as when I’d stop at a light and try to get my pedal into “power position” for optimal takeoff after the light changed. […]