A wild, windswept journey in search of roots — and wings Been working my tailfeathers off over here! The sequel to Round America with a Duck is currently in final editing. It is heading to Design this […]
The Women Who Made Me a Mom
As the song goes, time makes you bolder, even children get older, and I’m getting older, too. The babies I held now hold me (photo from when I dipped my tire in the Pacific Ocean […]
Buckhead Tastemaker!
My 2025 Bingo card didn’t include seeing my muddy, sweaty self named a tastemaker of fancy shmancy Buckhead in Atlanta, but here ya’ go (see page 52)! And just in time for National Bike Month! […]
Leap of Faith
The City of Dunwoody, Georgia, USA has confirmed that there will be no pop-up/temporary or permanent protected bike lane anywhere in the city during National Bike Month 2025 (May) or for any confirmed date thereafter*, […]
Time Change
After 19 hours on Amtrak with my folding bike (the still-unnamed replacement to America), I traversed the island of Manhattan from Battery Park to (and across) the George Washington Bridge. We used to cross that […]
America Is Beyond Repair
America (the name of the bike I took Round America with a Duck) is beyond repair. Brakes, cassette, stem. A mess. The cost to repair would be greater than the value of the bike (sentimental value […]
My Brief “Return” to Ireland
I got to make a brief “return” to Ireland as a guest blogger on the WWOOF Ireland website. Here’s what I wrote: 3 Farms in Ireland in 6 Weeks Foals followed me, a bag of […]
Welcome, World
The beauty of blogs is that they reach people all over the world, and I’ve been honored to welcome you from wherever you live to my various blogs since 2006. Above are the countries from […]
