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 […]
Nice strangers #4
Considering I taught a class for adults on trikes, it caught my eye when I saw this woman on a trike — not to mention that adorable dog in the basket! Turns out today’s Nice […]
Nice stranger #3
There’s a public piano at the MARTA Arts Center station (where I often exit the train with my bike). Jeremy Ray (pictured) painted it. The next time we passed after meeting him, someone was playing […]
Alongside the USA’s deadliest highway
Alongside the USA’s deadliest highway, there is a mile of hope. Here I am Traveling at the Speed of Bike on it today. Here’s the headline I’d like to see.
Two gifts in one
When you give this book to the bike rider on your list (or yourself), you give two gifts: (1) a quick-read journey that may help change lives for the better, and (2) a gift that […]
