I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love counting down to spring. Every morning the sun comes a little earlier. Every night the day stays a little longer. The perfect low angle sun will get scarcer and scarcer. But warmer days and green things coming from the ground is coming soon. Today is Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love making healing foods. I love making healing foods for myself and others. Sometimes I do it with my small business, Pickle Witch (picklewitch.org). Flu and sickness season has descended upon us. It seems as though the flu is manifesting itself as an upper respiratory virus Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love Grease Rag! By Kat McCarthy Do you know why I love biking in winter? Because of you! Because of Grease Rag! Because of this incredible community we have created, nurtured, and grown! Y’all breathe life into me daily with your positivity, comradery, and encouragement! Seriously! Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love our community. Winter can wear you out! And, as someone who didn’t grow up with Minnesota winters, living in the region for the last seven years has been quite an experience. Biking in the winter has changed my life. It’s not always easy and has Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love bike-joring! By Tina Cho A joy shared is a joy doubled! Winter is a less than easy time for me; the (significant) additional considerations brought on by plummeting temperatures and non-Hawaii weather are a weighty addition to gallivanting around outside. For me, I’ve found that Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today I love stripping away the excess. By Elissa Schufman, she/her/hers There’s no room on my bike for extra layers of clothes, for more weight in my panniers. In the summer I throw in whatever I might need — a change of clothes, a water bottle or two, Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love the boost of warm days. By Joy Elizabeth I love the surprisingly warm February days that energize me and remind me that we’ve almost made it through the winter. the funny combinations of layers, like t-shirts with big gloves, as a result of bundling up Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love reading bike love poems! During summer and fall, Grease Rag tables at Open Streets events across the city to meet new folx and invite FTW riders into our community. In 2017, we engaged passers-by with friendly conversation AND art supplies to write bike love poems. Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love the solitude. By Minsun Song There is something about riding alone at night that brings out the romantic in me. I often bike home in the late evening, when the world is dark and dimly lit by street lights. The traffic reduces to occasional cars Continue Reading →
I #LoveMnWinter. Today, I love radical acceptance. By Scout Fleckenstein Let go of fighting reality and accept what is. When I moved to Minnesota in 2013, I was scared of winter. I was scared of the cold and the snow and the ice and the wind. I was scared to Continue Reading →
