I’m struggling to recall the last time engaging on social media made me feel (on balance) positive, hopeful, or connected to a community; and on which platform

jul

Two ferries century via Corral Creek

2023-07-23

Variations on a longtime favorite route

View toward the southwest from Chehalem Ridge toward Wapato Lakes. Taken through a small clearing in a dense forest; a bicycle leans against some sawn logs in the foreground

Chehalem Ridge/Iowa Hill

2023-07-05

Pilgrimage to the venerable oak at the top of Iowa Hill

jun

Panorama of horses in a field along a bend in Dixie Mtn Road

The Teutonic Loop

2023-06-25

I concocted a figure-eight route that strung together a few of the bike routes around Dixie Mountain

may

Backpack and fast food bag on the floor of a car

“Homelessness” as a social construct♥

2023-05-19

For a period in my early 20s, I technically could have been “homeless”

Complaining on Social Media

2023-05-15

I realized a few weeks ago that most of what I poast on social media is some version of dropping anonymous complaints into a suggestion box.

apr

A clean, well-maintained separated bike path in Sapporo, Japan

Some cats

2023-04-25

An accidental poem

Faded commercial sign from a neighborhood convenience store, long-since closed, reading “BUSY CORNER GROCERY since 1910” followed by a mostly-illegible list of product that includes “Helium,” “Wine,” and “Gift Baskets”

A career manifesto is just words

2023-04-15

My manifesto is for shit but in 30 years I have noticed some patterns

mar

1400 summits in 2 minutes

2023-03-23

To celebrate the 11th anniversary AND 1400th visit to Council Crest, I made a little video thingy

Cover photo-illustration from SLACKER (1991) with Pap Smear Pusher in red duotone & psychedelic rays shooting out her head

Slackers

2023-03-07

Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy

feb

Sunrise shining through the coffee shop window casting shadows of the signage: neon “Open” sign and “Stumptown coffee roasters”

The original Stumptown Coffee

2023-02-16

Places hold memories the way dirt roads hold ruts

jan

Two of my kids in bike helmets, looking over a railing at a great blue heron in a small swamp, with houses in the background

Wild animals we sometimes see on our commute

2023-01-26

Rare is the day in which we don’t see some interesting animal while riding our bikes to school

View up Brynwood road in west Portland, looking uphill. A “yellow lion” is painted on the foreground. Road sign reads “Steep narrow road. No through trucks. Cars going uphill have right-of-way”

The perfect climb♥

2023-01-13

Riding a bike up a hill is like eating spicy food, an acquired taste and one that aficionados take seriously