Traveling the Katy Trail and Ohio to Erie Trail by Bike A common question we are asked when recalling stories about our bike trip is: What type of roads did we encounter over our four-month voyage? “Don’t tell me you biked on major highways!” people exclaim with alarm, thinking of foolish cyclists they’ve narrowly passed … Continue reading
The other day, while riding down an especially busy stretch of Missouri state highway (with no rideable shoulder, to boot), we asked ourselves whether more people think us brave or foolish for riding our bikes across the country. We didn’t know. Needless to say, we sometimes think of ourselves as both brave and foolish, often … Continue reading
Earlier this year, the Montana State Senate made national news when legislators proposed creating a $25 “touring cyclist tax,” which would require visiting cyclists to buy a permit in order to ride on 2-lane roads state-wide. Senate President Scott Sales was the most outspoken about the proposal, saying that cyclists were self centered and rude … Continue reading
“Well was were you when the train left town / I was standing at the corner with my head hung down / Hey that train that carried my girl from town / Hey hey hey hey hey” –Doc Watson- “No one has written the book of life,” he reminds me as we breach conversation, sitting … Continue reading
Slowly, it takes hold- fingers outstretched, finding its place, its embrace of leaf and limb. You may also like: Unfold Nurse Log Bryophyte Cyclical Continue reading
lines layers lineage all map the story of this great giant, now buried in the sand. You may also like: Weathered Nurse Log Wy’east Continue reading
The heart of the forest is in all that has come before. Continue reading
Prehistoric floods formed this land but there is more to history than just history. They walk in secret places, the tiniest places, unnoticed. Continue reading
“Our mission is to plant ourselves at the gates of hope- a different, sometimes lonely place, of truth-telling about your own soul first of all and its condition, the place of resistance and defiance, from which you see the world both as it is and as it could be, as it will be; the place … Continue reading
Oh wise one, you’ve looked down on us for eons, seeing us build, frowning as we spread ourselves thin. Today I climb- up, up, out of the mist, to see you as you are. A sentinal, always watching. To read more about Mt. Hood and its history in storytelling, visit my post “In the time … Continue reading
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