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Am I Risking My Life to Bike?
I’ve done several things my parents don’t love. Near the top of that list is bike touring, which has become an important part of my life in the mere two years since I…
Spring Bike Touring to Vermont & Tennessee
Hi there! Here I am with another long-overdue blog post, about my bike travels through the month of May. Right now, I’m on a brief break from work due to a sprained ankle.…
My July & August Events
Hey! Coming atcha with a quick update on events I’m hosting soon, including literally tomorrow. I know… I’ve just been so busy! But not too busy to go on a… Tree Walk at…
That Battery Job I Quit
I started writing this in February, and just dug it up to finish it before I get into writing my big May travel post. Enjoy! As the 1-year anniversary of quitting my old…
Sourwood
This spring I started training to be a volunteer docent (tour guide) at the Arnold Arboretum (“of Harvard University” for its full name.) The 281-acre, world-class “living museum” is one of Greater Boston’s…
My April & May Events
Hey. I’m merging event announcements back into my main blog. I’m excited to be hosting these public events in the upcoming weeks, and I’d love to see you there. Saturday, April 5th: Clay…
Painting Without Plastic
My exploration into natural clay paints has been unexpectedly inspiring. I used to use acrylic paints. My last acrylic painting was in 2019, a large replica of a de Chirico oil painting I…
Year Three of No Flying
My last flight was in the fall of 2021, so it’s really been about three and a half years, but this has become an annual holiday post and I like that (see Year…
What Have I Been Doing? (Life Update)
Over the past half year, I’ve started writing this blog post at least five times. I mean to update my friends on how my life is going: what my days look like lately.…
Save America’s Ecovillage
This time last year, I was biking through Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, regions that have now been devastated by Hurricane Helene. It’s shocking to see pictures of charming mountain towns I…
Foliage
Fall has arrived, the season that calls us to look to the trees. Yesterday I went on a tree walk led by local herbalist (and former arborist) Alex Klein, our area’s “tree walker.”…
Biking 1000 Miles Through Michigan
This June I completed my longest bike trip yet—one thousand and seven miles over thirteen days, starting near Detroit, looping around Michigan’s lower peninsula and ending in Cleveland, Ohio. The idea began way…
My Time In Moab with Community Rebuilds
I spent March and April as a volunteer/intern/work-trader at Community Rebuilds, a small nonprofit Moab, Utah, that builds energy-efficient houses to alleviate the housing crisis there. Some background: last year, as I prepared…
Some Thoughts on Meditation
This morning I biked to Grandstaff Canyon to hike. At the soaring natural sandstone bridge that marked the end of the trail, I found myself alone for a short while, and sat on…
Stop Asking if It Scales
Point: “Big, global problems need big, global solutions. Big solutions spread fast, to lots of people: that is scalability. So scalability is a requirement for any solution that seeks to solve big problems.”…
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