The Ink-Pot and the Palette

I can't believe I didn't comment on this! I read through that article and enjoyed the illustrations immensely. I can speak from personal experience about the immensely liberating effect of riding a bicycle, though in my case at the opposite end of the 20th century, it's a liberation from excessive travel, pointless car trips, and soul-deadening traffic jams.

It has also given me inner and outer strength which I was beginning to believe were lost to the years. Bicycling can transform lives.

My sister works with the Community Cycling Center--a labor of passion and love for her--and she teaches new immigrants, notably women and children from Somalia, to ride bikes. She says that seeing young women experience that freedom and joy the first time they pick up their feet and start pedaling is one of the best things she's ever experienced.