The metal pickers come in the night and they take old screens and tools and empty cans to redeem for pennies on the pound — precious payment needed now more than ever. This week, they […]
Spokesgirl
I’m researching a new work of Young Adult fiction this summer (I tapped out of both Facebook and Instagram to provide myself with space to focus on this). Years ago, I wrote a Young Adult […]
Summer reading
Happy Summer! If you’re a summer-reading kind-of-person, you may enjoy my books (the two that are available in both print and digital formats are shown above; the rest are instantly downloadable to any device). Here […]
Bikes fix things
We are carrying so much trauma right now, in so many ways. Bikes help. They may even fix things — not all of them, but maybe enough to keep you (and your city) going. I […]
Monumental
Lots of monumental change is happening right now in the USA (not to even mention the pandemic). Monumental Supreme Court decisions about LGBTQ employment rights and immigration regarding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA, aka […]
Free bike class now via PDf as well as text
Thank you so much for your kind responses to “Pedal Power with Pattie,” the first bike skills class in the world delivered securely via text (at the time each day you determine, for a commitment […]
Senior Corps?
So I’m Traveling at the Speed of Bike home from a doctor’s office and Home Depot yesterday, la la la, with my handlebar tassels and lemongrass plants blowing in the wind, and I’m wondering the […]
What’s next
Two roads diverged, and mine just changed (my Peace Corps departure is now delayed until August 2021), and I sit on the wall by the babbling creek that I pass while Traveling at the Speed of […]
