I enjoy long-distance bicycling and bike touring. I'm an 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 seventeen 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!
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. I'll try to post scans of some paintings soon.
In the wintertime, I have been experimenting with artisanal bread baking. I've become a pretty decent baker with much thanks due to books by Peter Reinhart and unabashed thievery from Rene at the Hi-Rise.
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.
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...
I recently sold my much neglected motorcycle, but am on the lookout for a bargain used BMW bike. Central Connecticut is a much nicer place to own a motorcycle than Boston, and my commute would be much more pleasant (and fuel-efficient) on a nice Beamer.