Matters of Grace

I decided to celebrate the Spring Equinox by riding my newly repaired beach cruiser to work and back. What a difference it made with my (usually) drab commute.... ... I would have never guessed that the very fields I had zipped by, morning after morning were, in reality, ripe with wildflowers, butterflies and songbirds! As I peddled along I was surrounded by the sweet delicious aroma of life and there was no one around to share it with aside from the egrets, songbirds and fiddlenecks. John Lennon was right; life is what happens when we're busy doing... whatever it is we think we are doing. In any case, I think I'll be taking my bike from now on. mas rica.

Now that Spring has sprung, and we have that extra hour of sunlight, I'm thinking of taking my bike to work. It's not common knowledge, but at the turn of the 20th century, entrepreneurs built an elevated bikeway that streatched from Pasadena to downtown LA. For a fifteen cent toll, bicyclists and quadricyclists (remember those?) could pedal several miles along a nice, scenic route on their way to work. Though the original bikeway was torn down, its refreshing to read that now, some 100 years later, bicyclists are reclaiming that route raising hopes for future commuters. And other cities are getting into the act by incorporating bikeways. High gas prices? Oil? Spare tire 'round the ol' middle section? The answer may be as simple as *ride a bike.*