Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers “Grow, grow.”
The Talmud

 

Yellow blooms abound in my backyard. Temperatures are expected to reach 14 C today, March 13, 2012.

Trevor Bodogh hops over caution tape held two feet off the ground by a couple of young volunteers from the audience at the Toronto International Bike Show on Sun. March 4, 2012.

I look forward to the Toronto International Bike Show every year around this time. The three-day event usually takes place the first weekend in March. A sure sign that spring is right around the corner and with it – long days of cycling.

Bicycle action performer, Trevor Bodogh, 25, finishes bunny hopping off a metal obstacle course at the 26th annual Toronto International Bicycle Show on Sunday, March 4, 2012.(Andrea Connell/SOMAD News)

Bicycle Times and Dirt Rag magazines live on Saxonburg Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA. The wind is unusually still on the morning of Feb. 21, 2012. (Andrea Connell/SOMAD News)

I had a great time working at the Bicycle Times office. I felt right at home, they are my people!

You know what I am getting really tired of? People having trouble getting their heads around the fact that I am a student. Whenever I am explaining to people I am taking a picture for a project or assignment, they say,”Oh you are a teacher?” Even after I have just explained I am a student.

Canadians pat themselves on the back for efforts to curb their racism, be more inclusive and making the effort to understand other cultures. What they don’t do is challenge their attitudes around ageism. Yep, ageism. You look at a person and make an assumption about who they are or what they do. Just because someone is not 20-years-old doesn’t mean they cannot be a student.

So I am a mature student. There are lots of people who have gone back to school to make a career change as a result of a job lay-off or in pursuit of further knowledge. Learning does not stop after high-school or college. It is a life-long pursuit and if you don’t believe that then we can never be friends.