In cities all over the USA, there are a plethora of new bike lanes that are too narrow to be used safely. When done incorrectly like this, they actually do more harm than good, for […]
Time for a new vision
Five years ago last week, I made a vision board, much of which has since come to fruition. It’s in a little-used room in my house and I see it only occasionally. I gasped when […]
As simple as that
Early morning sun rising. Owning my space in the world. Going where the winds of change take me in 2018. It’s as simple as that.
One enduring phrase
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 […]
