rewilding #2 ‘small wins’

Please allow me to introduce you to this lovely lady. She is a Surly Bridge Club gravel bike purchased last month from the Ottawa Bike & Trail shop. Not sure what her name is yet, but since we already have an established intimacy (she’s witnessed me cry…a lot), I’ll get to her name at some point as well. 

For now, I’ll share a small win we celebrated together today when halted by a BRIDGE OUT sign in north Lawrence. We eyed the sign for about 30 seconds and then pedaled on through the thick mud. Duh, we got stuck and she was carried across a construction zone with audible huff-ing, puff-ing, and other ings. We continued on.

Why am I writing about this? Because I am going to look back at this one day with a deeper understanding of how important these small wins were—not to mention the magnitude of this new relationship.

xoxo amrutaa hara (those are all of my new names, I promise)
photo: also a small win figuring out how to proceed (aka turning around) in this situation