My Burmese neighbor at the community garden for refugees-of-war crouches low and watches me water. She shows up almost every time I’m there, either because she goes there a lot or because she sees me […]
Tag: refugees
How to Get Your #BikeBloom Earrings
Hi, all. You may have seen me gathering buttercups. I use them as an accent on handcrafted plantable-paper packaging for my upcycled earrings made from old bike tubes from REI (and other bike waste). These […]
The Person for Whom I’ve Been Preparing This Garden Has Appeared
The person for whom I’ve been preparing this garden the past eight months (unbeknownst to either of us) appeared yesterday. As usual when these things happen, he seemed to drop out of thin air. And […]
Small Things with Great Love (What Happened When I Finally Met Mike)
So my trip from home to Clarkston, Georgia via bike is long, and I’m not linear so there are often many stops. This day — in addition to my usual checking on the free public […]
God’s Work (or Bob’s Work)
It’s a very specific feeling, and I recognize it. It feels like God’s work. Or Bob’s work. Bob was my friend with whom I created or rejuvenated about a dozen food-growing gardens in Metro Atlanta. […]
Clarkston
Clarkston (which became the most diverse square mile in the USA with people from 60 countries speaking 110 dialects, following a concentration of refugee resettlement there starting in the 1980s) is changing, and it’s changing […]
Afghanistan and Haiti, and How the USA State of Georgia is helping (and how you can, too) — UPDATED
This is a developing story as the humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Haiti intensify. Here’s what I know so far regarding the State of Georgia (where I live), with opportunities to help close to home […]
Can You Help? UPDATED
UPDATE: This goal was met. Thank you for your generosity! Hi. Last fall, and again recently, I taught numerous Pedal Power with Pattie classes (thanks to your purchase of my book) to two girls who […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 