We were leaving today. My husband and I from Metro Atlanta. My older daughter and her boyfriend from Los Angeles. My younger daughter from Boston. We were converging in New York in a meticulously-orchestrated plan. […]
Tag: Mineola
The Bike in the Basement
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, whom I saw last week for the first time since before COVID. He always gets “the bike in the basement” ready for me (meet Schwinneola here). He even came […]
“Flossing” (and Time Traveling)
I flip my bike over in the driveway where I’ve lived for 25 years here in Metro Atlanta, 900 miles away from where I grew up in Mineola on Long Island in New York, and […]
Flag Series #3
I’m featuring selections from my street photography album (taken while Traveling at the Speed of Bike) that include American flags each day up until (and including) Election Day. Here’s the third. I took it in Mineola […]
NY Bike Stories
Bike stories are running almost daily in The New York Times (including the one pictured above from yesterday), which I’m really loving as I am a native New Yorker (although they are behind a paywall […]
Schwinneola’s anniversary
Today is Schwinneola’s anniversary. A year ago today, I purchased this bike and rode it around Mineola, NY (where I grew up) as final research for my book, Traveling at the Speed of Bike. I […]
Megabus to NY
And then after Boston, we took the Megabus to New York City and I eventually, of course, ended up riding Scwhinneola in Mineola again. (See my book for context here, folks. It’s fun stuff.) I […]
Epilogue now available for free
I decided to make the epilogue available for free. The new cover of the book is live on Amazon in all global markets, and the quick-read book is instantly downloadable to any device via the […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 