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 started. They just don’t get why I would exert myself so much, put myself at the mercy of nature and man-operated vehicles,… Continue reading Am I Risking My Life to Bike?
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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. It’s been a very busy summer of doing my job, but I’ve found moments here and there to write this post. Being… Continue reading Spring Bike Touring to Vermont & Tennessee
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 Two and Year One for some throwbacks and more context). Speaking of holidays, I’m on vacation right now. Staycation. I finally decided… Continue reading Year Three of No Flying
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 recall riding through, now torn-up and buried by the flooding. One of those places is Earthaven Ecovillage, one of America’s longest-running (30… Continue reading Save America’s Ecovillage
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 back in early spring when some new friends (also Community Rebuilds alumni) invited me to their straw-clay work party in Boyne City,… Continue reading Biking 1000 Miles Through Michigan
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 to embark, full-steam, on my journey into natural building, I came across Community Rebuilds (CR) online. They started in the early 2000s… Continue reading My Time In Moab with Community Rebuilds
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 a flat rock to meditate. It makes for an idyllic picture, but the truth is that meditating under “America’s sixth longest natural… Continue reading Some Thoughts on Meditation
Boston to Utah by Train and Bike
Storytime! As some of you know, I recently (mid February) quit my job in battery engineering (which I had worked since I graduated college, for 1.75 years) to do natural building related work as both a profession and passion. As I keep on saying to everybody, I’ll be sharing more about this in writing soon.… Continue reading Boston to Utah by Train and Bike
Year Two of No Flying
Emily here, reporting on my second straight calendar year of no flying (first year post). At first, I couldn’t think of much to say about the absence of an experience, the same way I have nothing to say about not riding a camel and not driving a tractor. I just haven’t done it; it’s not a… Continue reading Year Two of No Flying
Biking to a Cob Workshop
In the middle of October I spent two weeks embarking on an adventure I’d been planning for a while: this is the whole story of that adventure. Earlier in 2023, I was thinking about how important it is to have some idea of not only what I am trying to reduce (ecological disaster, suffering, injustice,… Continue reading Biking to a Cob Workshop
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