My roaming journal
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On this website, and in the accompanying newsletter, you’ll find writing and photo essays about travelling actively through life.

How do places reveal themselves through journeys on foot or by bike? How do cycling and walking shape our understanding of ourselves? How can we fight for the right to move freely through our environment on foot or awheel?

I explore questions like these as I navigate the byways of place writing, memoir, activism, and creative non-fiction. Popular posts include:

A walk in Wannsee

After making my way past lakeshore villas and yacht clubs, I walked along a tree-lined driveway and into a house that lays bare the banality of evil.

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Sciatica, cycling and me

An injury taught me some tough lessons about myself and what it means to be well.

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Edgelands: neither here nor there

I’m no lover of cities, yet I’m drawn to edgelands – those transitional spaces that are neither urban nor rural.

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A wayfaring stranger

I’m interested in the idea of wayfaring as a way of being, finding paths through life while welcoming diversions and detours, and in the process shaping ideas to live by.

As a private person in the digital world, I value my anonymity. So on this site I remain, for now, simply Matt, who pedals.

It’s good to have you along for the ride.