Human-Scale Revolutions: A Velo Garden Tour
In May 2026, Regenerate Whatcom hosted a permaculture bike tour in the Birchwood neighborhood of Bellingham, WA. Seven gardens were visited in a flurry of spokes, steps, and sunshine. See the gallery directly here, or read on about how bikes, backyard stewardship, and communities can serve a role in connection and resilience on the human-scale.…
It’s About Experience, not Emissions: Why I Keep Racing Ski to Sea, Car-Free
Revelry. Pilgrimage. A Traveler’s Journey. These are a few words that came to mind while pedaling the 125 miles between the Padden Creek Water Catchment and Heather Meadows for the 53rd Ski to Sea race. Seeing the carnival of bikes with long, pointy, or otherwise oddly-shaped things attached, with tinkerers perfecting their rigs and admiring…
Setting Sails, Earning Hope
When I rode my bike across the US in 2024, I asked people a simple question, “What brings you hope?”From gas stations to farms, libraries to parks, this question prompted a variety of responses, at times even a hesitation to admit feeling any of it at all. Hope is a bold thing to hold onto…
Concrete Steps to a Regenerative Future
For three days last November, I was able to pedal along the Po, one of the most important rivers in Italy, on a journey with Systemic Cycles, an exploratory subsidiary of the MonViso Institute. This is but one story from those days among poplar groves, regenerative rice fields, and communities between, which left me inspired,…
Fire & Story 2026: New Gallery!
Last weekend, I attended the Fire and Story Festival in Bellingham, WA. Every stage a work of art, the venue itself a weaving. Of friends, old and new; of laughter and wonder, light and warmth. A gathering in the face of darkness, life rafts of flame shared joyously. See the entire gallery, here.
An American Rail Journey: A Line Dividing or Path Connecting?
This was originally written as post of appreciation. For America’s lands, these places we share. Of the expanse of our identity, enmeshed with work and blood, sun and land and water. Of observation, and recognition of the good in spite of the struggles. Perhaps it still can be, in a way. I believe many are…
A Country Drive.
You are born. Time passes. You will rest. Even the stones above you will be recycled by the moss and lichens. Your energy will be transformed, and the road will continue. And even that will flow away.
Pedaling the PNW: A Climate Week Journey (Pt. 1)
July 2025. Just south of the Canadian border, I intersected with Thomas Siffer, mid-journey on his ride originating in Vancouver. As part of PNW Climate Week, he was merging forces that feel naturally aligned: traveling by bike and connecting with community. Teaching workshops about the science of climate change, and what we do when facing…
Car-Free Ski to Sea: A Wave of Whatcom Women
This year, more women than men took on the car-free approach to Ski to Sea. Follow their journeys from doorstep to finish line, as homegrown adventure drew both longtime racers and new faces alike. Read ahead or start with the gallery of the weekend. Note: best viewed on desktop or horizontally on mobile; it may…
Splitting Sides Below Laughing Walls, Another Grand Humbling
Havasu Canyon took my breath away. Literally, I was left gasping, searching for what to do with my chest or diaphragm or trachea to get any air in at all. For I took an instantaneous re-orientation through space from vertical to horizontal, introducing with a crunch my right side to the water-sculpted edge of the…
Two-Wheelin' Revealin' 