After an intense year of all-bikes-all-the-time, I am left with one enduring phrase that rang true no matter what, no matter where. It is the only advice that worked without fail to put me in […]
Nice strangers #8-12, and beyond . . .
And so ends our 12 Days of Nice Strangers series. Every photo a connection, a story. A glimpse into a different life. A brief moment of humanity in a world gone crazy. And it’s all […]
Nice stranger #7
This is Ms. Brownlee, our 7th selection in this 12 Days of Nice Strangers feature. She took her public school 7th grade language arts class on a two-mile walk (on the multiuse path where I […]
Boston, here we come
We just got word that my younger daughter will be attending college in Boston the next four years. After a spectacular experience in Pittsburgh with my older daughter, we are excited to embrace this new […]
Stay off the lawn
When my kids were little, we referred to lawns as play lawns or pesticide lawns (identifiable by the diversity present, or lack of it; hint — look for clover, a nitrogen-rich legume that actually used […]
Nice stranger #6
For our 6th featured street portrait during 12 Days of Nice Strangers, I give you Ka’Nitah. I’ll let her tell you her story through her sign. I met her while traveling at the speed of […]
Basketball jones
The song goes, “Basketball jones. I got a basketball jones.” And thanks to one city councilor where I live who made it his mission to bring back accessible-for-all public basketball courts to this city without […]
Nice stranger #5
This is the second photo I took of a man named Jon, whom I met while Traveling at the Speed of Bike. He’s now a friend. In fact, he’s the person who gave me the […]
