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A Fistful of Lightning

I left Seattle (again) on a gloriously sunny Monday — statistically the wettest day of the year, but you’d never know it. Outside my window, a 12-foot-tall wooden dragon raised a red lightning bolt to a bold blue sky. Beyond, the jagged silhouettes of the Cascades echoed the zigzag lightning in its fist. Over the […]

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In Iowa, enjoying Beekman's heavenly ice cream. July 2016.

A Free Being

Last summer, shortly after losing my job and turning 50, I loaded up my green Kona bike with about 70 pounds of gear and pedaled 2,700 miles from Seattle to Halifax, Nova Scotia.* Bicycle touring was something I had read about, thought about, talked about, dreamed about—and delayed—for years. Those 11 weeks on the bike […]

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The Maiden Voyage of the Dynohub

In preparation for my upcoming bike travels, I’ve made an exciting upgrade to the bike: a dynohub! This genius device attaches to the front wheel and generates electricity with every pedal stroke. With the tremendous support and expertise of Paul Priest and his compatriots at Recycled Cycles, the Kona is now equipped with a headlight, […]

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