We’re more than halfway through #Biketober and the #NationalBikeChallenge and it has been really fun. I’ve ridden with new people and in new places, and sometimes just around the block (can you say pouring rain?) […]
Back there again
A chill in the air, the day’s light fading, my streamers flew as I pedaled frantically down the path that leads to my secret alcove where the Hand of God Tree waits for me. I […]
The predator
I do not ride my bike for one moment when I don’t think about the sexual predator. That he is out there. That he is known to chase women on bikes. That he frequents routes […]
It starts with a wave
I was riding in what’s known as the “sweep position” on a little ride with an Atlanta Bicycle Coalition class for Habitat for Humanity homeowners on their new bikes yesterday when an older man (in […]
Spilling open
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, […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 