A guest post by Betsy Lawrence, AKA “yogaprof,” the founder of Belles and Baskets I have written previously about how I began bike commuting; now here are a few lessons I have discovered along the way. Lesson one: Be flexible Once…Continue Reading
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Taking up biking for transportation has given me the same experience that becoming a mother did. No, not endless anxiety, sleepless nights, and sh**—well, at least not too much of the latter—but rather the experience of learning just how much…Continue Reading
I gave you my “I’m a happy green dot on a bike spreading friendliness!” story in my previous post. This is the rest of the story about why it mattered to me enough to write about it. I didn’t get…Continue Reading
The other day I had the great good fortune to hear a wonderful presentation by Dorothy Edwards on the Green Dot approach to violence prevention. You’ll recognize the visual analogy she scrawled on the board for us. It’s in…Continue Reading
No, this isn’t about that guy I chicked—and then chicked again. I’m not usually a competitive rider, after all. Except I am, I realized, in three ways. The first is the little races I have with myself. I’m not really…Continue Reading
By guest blogger Betsy Lawrence, whose words you’ll see popping up here every so often I am confident that I am not alone in this admission—I love women’s groups. Coffee groups, dessert groups, yoga groups, study groups—several years ago, when…Continue Reading
I’m anti-Black Friday. For days I’ve been posting things on Facebook about buying local or staying home instead of mobbing the big-box retailers at oh-dark-thirty for whatever this year’s “must-have” gift items are. The whole notion of storming the gates…Continue Reading
This piece takes a different approach than our usual Q&A for the On a Roll with series. Introducing occasional guest blogger Betsy Lawrence: community college composition instructor, yoga teacher, and the founder of Belles and Baskets. What she doesn’t mention…Continue Reading
Name: Mary Verner Location: Spokane Things Mary does: I’m a content mom and grandmother working as mayor to improve my community. Who or what made a difference in your life that got you on a bike? I lived in sunny Florida…Continue Reading
The last time I wrote about chicking a guy, it was all in good fun. But these last two? They deserved it, and here’s why. Rider #1: You whooshed by me last week heading north/downhill in the Southeast Boulevard bike…Continue Reading
Name: Jamie Lynn Morgan Location: Hayden Lake, Idaho Things Jamie does: I am a craft-beer-loving bicycle-riding wife to one and mother to three. Currently I’m the owner of a travel and tourism marketing company (I just use my name for…Continue Reading