This is for all my work peeps/other trail nerds of the world. As I’ve been running and hiking around Chamonix, I’ve decided that when I come back to work in Washington we should embrace a new version of building trails. One in which we just go straight up rock walls …
I Sometimes, when I run my frequent loop-de-loops on the many trails at Mt Tabor, and I see other people running their own loop-de-loops, so many of us running in various circles in the park, I think about how ridiculous we all are. Just running around, with no real purpose …
This is not at all biking-related, although my bike trailer was almost involved, heh. So, I think almost three years ago I found three seeds in a fuyu persimmon, which if you are familiar with persimmons you might know to be quite rare. Being the plant nerd that I am, …
Yay new year! I always get excited about new years, even though not that much changes for me and I have no great expectations of magically becoming a new and improved version of myself. But I like the twice yearly arbitrary opportunity (the other being on my birthday, my own …
I just got back this week from a very lovely solo bike-and-backpack adventure, which maybe I will write more about later. But something I was thinking a lot about while out rambling was speed. . (stopping to take pictures does not make you fast, heh) From part of my trip, …
Well, taking a picture from a bike ride every day was a fun experiment for February, and did you notice how once February ended I dropped it immediately? Ha. I did enjoy the aspect of looking at the world through a “what would make art” lens, although most of what …
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 …
I’ve been feeling so grateful lately — which is a nice thing after a good long while of feeling like I was, as I told a good friend, “in my cranky phase of life.” And one of the things I’ve been thankful for recently is the confluence of work and …
That is all. I have been bogged down in having lots of things I halfway want to write and also not being sure what to say once I get rolling (blogger’s block? ha). So in the meantime, happy 2025 to all:) . . This picture is from a sweet new …
I’ve started this post a few times, and I keep getting it wrong. And I think the thing is, I keep trying to write about how much I love it when people come to Portland and are willing to explore via our loaner bicycles with us. Which is true, and …