OK rider pals,
First- last night after some frisbee fun and other amusement, I came home after midnight and leaned my bike up against my porch. Came inside. Had the munchies. Went to sleep. Woke up this morning and went outside to water and { wham! } my bike was still there. I love my home! I love my neighborhood! I love good bike juju!
NOW on to what I'm really writing for...
I like to write to people, so those who've known me a while are aware that a favorite form of art for me is writing to someone, pouring my heart out for real, and then sharing it with others. Well, whether we know each other yet or not, you and I are close because of the journey we're about to share. So here!
Yesterday I wrote a message about the ride and emailed it to 280-something friends, former and current colleagues, mentors, cousins, and acquaintances. Yes, as I like to say, 'I network in my sleep' so, in this Life, I have formed intimately loving connections with a widespreadbeautyrange of beings. And lately, as you will read, I am asking for what I want left and right. Thought I'd share it with you. It's below.
Before I sign off...
GOOD MORNING FROM S&S PRODUCE & NATURAL FOODS!
I worked there over a decade ago and have stayed close with sibling owners Rich and Joyce Stewart, so yesterday I called Rich and asked for an approx $100 donation of things like quinoa, oats and dried soup mix and this morning, he called and said Yes! Laine, I'll put you up to the pick-up unless...yeah...I want to go with you. Hugs must be part of this exchange. This afternoon.
I love S&S. What a great model for running a successful, locally owned and independent food business that honors the planet and our bodies (which are the same thing, under a certain lens). YAY for models like theirs!
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Beloved friends and family,
I write to share great joy with you and to ask you to send prayers, laughter, and zany jokes my way!
In a nutshell: networking, embodied.
I'm about to embark on the biggest adventure of my life, yet: Wheeled Migration! A bike tour over the Pacific Coast Range and through my childhood home of West Marin, across the Golden Gate Bridge, around Monterey Bay and through Big Sur on Highway One, to San Luis Obispo on California's Central Coast. On Monday morning July 21st, I will depart with 20 other riders from Chico's Downtown Plaza for this 550-mile bike ride with a vision so alive it makes me do cartwheels in my sleep! This is co-active, co-creative, co-happy living unlike anything I've ever known!
Click here for the map: http://www.wheeledmigration.org/map.html
* Dad, please print the state map for the kids so they can follow along with me! Christopher pitched in $4 to help me go! ;o) *
If you are located along the route, please stop in, wave, smile, cheer and blow horns, offer lemonade or a squirt from your garden hose, and be part of the thrill! We have a solar powered cell phone charger so you can call me (530-228-0120) and check in on our where-and-when-abouts.
What does this mean to me? It means I live for fun and wildness! And that I am alive, happy and grateful to be having a human experience, feeling the dynamic nature of the human body like never before, and playing part in a networking experience so creative and vitality-rich that I feel like I've discovered gold. Giving myself this kind of experience is a tremendous boost to the Love I happily extend in the world. The WM vision is compelling, and then some. Check it all out on the website: www.wheeledmigration.org.
Through the love of friends and family, I've raised $1,200 to be able to do this ride, and still need $400. If you are inclined to extend financial support, please do so via my PayPal account (www.paypal.com / jessica@loveevents.com) and it'll go toward much-needed supplies.
For those of you who are big-time fans of food, please see the outstanding plan laid out by a fellow rider, below. It'll knock your socks off!
Whether you and I have encountered each other just three times or eleven hundred, I thank you for the vitality, love and uniqueness you have brought to my life. Be well, hope to see you on the route, and know that right now and always, you are completely loved!
Thank you for all you do as a reflection of who you are,
Jessica
P.S. Chico friends, please come to either or both:
- the benefit concert Sat 7/19 at Riparia, end of Normal Street, $5-10 suggested donation, five bands, great food for sale, way fun! Bring swimsuit for creek play and ride your bike!
- the send-off Monday morning 7/21, between 8:30-9:00am at the downtown plaza. We'd love it if you'd bring your bike and ride the first mile with us out River Road!
* What will be we be eating? *
Good Morning fellow superheroes!
(I included Lisa's wonder of a food plan below, but erased it since y'all'ready have it.)
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And since I am a pimp for the expression of Love, I thought I'd share two of the replies I received, and... let you know three people contributed in response to the message, and I've raised $200 total from their generosity!
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Dear Adventarist Jessica
I will pray for you all along the way and
even be with you when you would feel "tired".
Javed A Khan
New
Delhi, India
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Hello sweetness! So glad to get this message! Just donated $100 to the remaining needed. Hope that helps!
You are a beautiful goddess!
Love you,
Dune & Morgan
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Jessica,
Nice! Have a great time. Eat big breakfasts and drink lots of coffee!! Most of all, be safe and avoid RV, logging trucks and good ol boys in 4x's!! Can't wait to see the pictures. See you when you get back.
All the best.
RJ

*** all for now gorgeouses ***
jmr
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