Bicycling
I enjoy long-distance bicycling and bike touring. I’m a quasi-annual participant in the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (my home state). I was inspired by two friends, Jason and Jimmy Westlake, who have done BRAG close to twenty times now! My bike of choice for these trips is a heavily-modified 2006 model Trek 520. In 2007, I was joined on BRAG by my sister Amy for 418 miles of fun across south-central Georgia. I’m now in training for the Pan-Mass Challenge the next BRAG biking in Napa Valley teaching an 8 year-old to bike in the Connecticut suburbs.
Music
After many years of letting my instruments collect dust, I’m finally playing again. My home studio is set up for recording now, so I might even post some songs if any of them aren’t terrible. I’ve mostly been playing 12-string guitar recently but am trying to keep up on bass too in case anyone is interested in playing… My most recent acquisition is a Kona Walkingbass!
Painting
I have been studying watercolor painting for a little while now. I have been concentrating on simple things (flowers, fruit) and am enjoying it immensely.
Baking
In the wintertime, I have been experimenting with artisanal bread baking. I’ve become a pretty decent baker with much credit due to books by Peter Reinhart and unabashed thievery from Rene at the Hi-Rise.
Books
I tend to read far more books than can possibly be healthy. I used to have a list of recent books I’d read here, but it got to be too much to maintain.