I saw a boy ride a bike through a puddle today so joyfully that it almost made me cry, as there has been so little joy in the world lately. I painted what I saw, […]
Mother Lode
Pictured is Johanna DeCotis Smith, who, along with her husband Cole Smith, was my bike tour guide of the Atlanta Beltline so many years ago! See photos and story here*. Fun fact: Johanna actually rode […]
Giant Bird Feeder
In separate news, there’s a giant bird feeder in the “piazza” at the High Museum of Art in Midtown Atlanta, and I have a LOT of questions . . .
Does It Matter?
The driver who hit me* last Monday in the self-proclaimed “family friendly” metro Atlanta suburb-city of Dunwoody, Georgia on a residential road was driving a 2015 Lincoln MKX (according to the police report), which is […]
Ghost Bike Memorial in My Neighboring City
Less than two months ago (on Saturday morning, May 30th, 2020), I rode my bike the five little miles from my suburb-city to the next one, where there was a ghost bike memorial for a […]
Big Jugs
With my jug-carrying (since January, in preparation for the Peace Corps) possibly interrupted due to circumstances beyond my control, I am thrilled to share with you that an original piece I wrote, titled Big Jugs, […]
“Have a Blessed Day”
“Have a blessed day,” they say here in the south at some point every day in the course of your travels (back when we had travels). It usually comes from someone who is perhaps down […]
“We’re All Just Trying to Get Home Safely”
I shot this video (for the statewide bike advocacy group, Georgia Bikes) while sitting on a wall in front of an elementary school less than five minutes before I was the victim of a hit […]
