Category Archives: Why

Tweet Two parts inspiration, one part documentation, one part bragging and one part self-preservation. (Reminds me of my favorite five-part Douglas Adams trilogy.) A post by Shubhro Saha that hit close to home and a recent spate of people telling me they liked … Continue reading →

Tweet People have asked if I ever get lonely on solo tours, with hours or days between major cities (or even small towns), but I’ve never felt lonely while on the bike. On the bike things are always in motion. There’s … Continue reading →

Tweet Somebody I used to know euphemistically called personal tragedies like major illness, grievous bodily injury and divorce “Learning Opportunities.” While I hated this sugar-coated euphemism at the time, I’m starting to see the silver lining of the cloud. Moving across an ocean with nothing … Continue reading →

Tweet I crashed my bike again last week, this time badly enough that when I regained consciousness I found myself in the hospital. It’s funny how life has a way of telling you you need to make a change: subtly at first, so … Continue reading →

Tweet When people find out I’m car free, the conversation frequently devolves into one of the following knee-jerk reactions: A) I could never sell my car because… B) You poor thing, it’s terrible to be carless because… The great thing … Continue reading →

Tweet “Never throw anything away,” my father once advised me; without even a glimmer of humor at the ridiculousness of his statement. You’d think he was a child of the Great Depression, given every horizontal surface in his house was … Continue reading →