Thoughts about commuting by bike
The other day, I was out on a rambling joyride and ended up on the Springwater Corridor heading out toward Gresham, the way I used to bike to work back in the day. That was the longest commute I’ve ever had (not counting student teaching, which wasn’t a real job …
The last two days have been very exciting: despite the return of rain after a very long stretch of cold sunshine in Portland, my post-work fake commute rides have 1, still been largely dry somehow, and 2, omg have been light until 5:30, even with the cloudiness!! It is very …
Not much to say here, just loving the many flavors of glorious Portland fall day we’ve been having recently. These are all from my ride home today, in which I biked along as many bodies of water as possible. Okay, not as many as possible, but as many as possible …
So this morning I left for work about 15 minutes later than I usually do when I go to the office, and that led to some pretty lovely things:) First of all, I was in time to see the bike bus action in our neighborhood! This is a super sweet …
I’ve been thinking about life choices ever since a few days ago when an email came through on one of my various urban ecology listserves that mentioned a job. It is a job that I think I would be really, really good at and would also, on paper anyway, be …
Happy new year! 🙂 This morning I went for a fake-commute bike ride, something I’ve been doing regularly since the beginning of COVID. It involves riding my bicycle from my house back to my house on days that I work from home, for no reason other than the fact that …
On my way home from work yesterday, I was nearly hit by a car. I realize in typing that out that it’s both a somewhat sensationalist thing to say, and also something that happens so frequently in various forms of seriousness and closeness that it’s sort of meaningless. But to …
Yes, I am always biking home from wherever I’ve been, since that’s what I do, travel by bike. But sometimes (okay, maybe often), I do what James and I joking call “take a bike ride on my bike ride home.” Which is to say, take the long way home. Frequently …
I had an unexpected present on my way to work this morning: new bike infrastructure on my commute! There are many lovely parts to my commute up to the I-5 bridge and over the Columbia River, and there are some not as lovely parts. But today, one not-as-lovely part was …
I’m still humming along here on my 100-mile-per-week biking goal, and these days have been absolutely the best time to be riding. Yes, there are the soggy parts, and the slippery leaves, and the puddles, but also the colors and the dramatic skies and the invigorating wind and the geese …