It has been a busy fall with preparations for bike rides, and opening night at Palette Home in Richmond for 'CHOOSE JOY: POEMS & PAINTINGS', the joint art/poetry show in which my friend, artist Mary Kathryn Woodward, and I paired my poems with her original paintings. We couldn't be more thrilled or grateful for the tremendous support from EVERYONE! The paintings and accompanying poems will be hanging for the month of October, and my poetry books (3rd act!) will be available for purchase; so please stop by or peruse the selection online. Read the interview with Mary Kathryn and me for the Palette blog here. We answered these blind and it is amazing how similar our answers were!

If you have enjoyed our bike excursions, or simply ridden along in your mind, I think you will find that her paintings and my poems capture the essence of how nature can make us feel more joyful and more alive. This is one of THE MAIN REASONS my second act (after a 22-year career in the field of Institutional Fixed Income Sales) as Founder of BASKET & BIKE thrills me each and every time I hear someone exclaim how much they've needed the pause we provide on our bike excursions and picnic rides.

THANK YOU TO BRENDA PARKS HUGHES FOR CAPTURING MY SECOND ACT!
www.acttwostories.com

To tell you a little more about my shift from the corporate world to a small business entrepreneur, I invite you to watch this YouTube video, by former Richmond news reporter, Brenda Parks Hughes. Now a North Carolinian, Brenda has created a beautiful YouTube Series called actTWO Stories: Reinventing the second act of life. From Erica Julien who took up fencing at age 66, to Roscoe Friday, Jr, who traded a real estate license for a police beat, Brenda wants to introduce you to folks who have reinvented their lives in the hopes it will help you reinvent yours. Brenda and her friend Nancy came on our Signature Ride this past summer, and Brenda brought along her camera and microphone to capture my actTWO! I am honored to have spent the day with these women and to have my story shared in the hopes it may inspire someone else who is questioning joy in work. It is out there! Just watch the video here. And be sure to sign up for more of Brenda's stories.