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Mary Pustejovsky
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Cargo bikes, urbanism, safe streets, climate. Heat pump all the things! Views are my own. #MadisonWI
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I hit 4,000 miles on my HSD this morning on the way back from skating! This bike is so great, super low maintenance!
An ebike odometer that reads 4000 miles
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Wingra was so still today. Just beautiful.
A lake with trees on the other side and a blue sky
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Wisconsin Halloween
A fire pit with a fire A hockey game between Minnesota and Wisconsin projected on a garage door
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Being on the ice at 6am is fun (no joke) but it’s pretty extra great when I am rewarded by a beautiful sunrise leaving the rink.
A sky with pink and purple clouds
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Before and after of my groceries. Not pictured: 20lb bag of rice and box of diapers under the cart. I feel like I had room for more!
A shopping cart full of grocery bags A box bike full of grocery bags with blue side panniers
October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Just discovered the #31daysOfGraves so have to share my favorite #ornament. From Montparnasse in Paris.
A stone laptop with the words (in French) “I have sent my last email”, next to a bouquet
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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She did not disappoint!
Mary Roach sitting with a microphone next to a table and interviewer
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Excited to hear from Mary Roach today! Every book I’ve read by her is hilarious.
A stage with a podium and banner that says Wisconsin Book Festival
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Volunteered with bikes for kids today. Super fun and so many bikes!
Hundreds of bikes tightly packed
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Look at these scofflaws just roaming the streets of Madison, walking in the middle of the road!
8 turkeys crossing a road with bushes in the foreground
October 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The wonders of physics show never disappoints (even though there some issues with the carrot guillotine).
October 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Madison Night Market combined with the Wisconsin Science Festival was awesome! Got there early and saw so much and still didn’t see everything 3.5 hours later! Tons of people.
A street full of people with the Wisconsin state capitol building lit up at night A street with people walking and tents on one side with sidewalk dining on another
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Update: Horicon Marsh was gorgeous
A wooden boardwalk through tall reeds Water surrounded by marsh grass
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Seen at the ice rink on UW campus.
A small sign that says “Thank you for NOT spitting on the floor. You’re a good person.”
October 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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So cool that they have recommendations for locations near each library with details about how to get there by different modes, and accessibility info too!
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET TENNEY PARK 402 N. THORNTON AVE Details: • Distance from Hawthorne Library: 1.5 miles • Drive: 8 min • Bus: 15 min (#6, runs every 30 min, includes 10 min walking) • Walk: 31 min • Bike: 12 min Accessibility: This park has paved, multi-use trails that meander through the park and around the lagoon. Small sections of the trail are crushed limestone. A large, concrete pier that has paved sidewalks and frequent benches will take you out on the water. The terrain is very flat. Restrooms are available. << Birding Guide »> enney Park is situated along the shore of Lake Mendota with scenic bridges, a lagoon, and aches. The variety of habitat makes it a great birding spot. In the winter, before Lake Mendota is frozen over, scan the water along the beach and breakwater for migratory waterfowl like indra Swans, American Coots and different species of ducks. You may also see Bald Eagles inting over the open water! Check the trees for woodpeckers and the elusive, camouflaged own Creeper that blends in with the bark as it scuttles up a tree. early spring, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets will flit through the trees and Red-nged Blackbirds will start calling "Conk-la-reee!" Listen for the thin, high-pitched calls of Cedar axwings, who love the berry-laden trees, and the "O Sweet Canada" song of White-throated arrows in the bushes. immer is full of nesting birds, like the Cliff Swallows that nest under the bridges at Tenney Park mud-formed structures, or the Purple Martins that nest in the white, spherical bird houses stalled here. You might also see other swallow species snatching bugs over the lake, Green
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Borrowed a birding backpack from my local library. Adult and child size binoculars, a bird guide and a kids bird guide too. Super excited to check out Horicon Marsh during migration season! Libraries rock!
Two binoculars cases on top of a Birding Backpack Guide. Sibley Birds East book is on top of the guide.
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Didn’t get to post last night but kudos to Madison Bikes for a great Bicycle Film Festival! So many great films with messages of community and joy.
A movie screen with the logo for the Bicycle Film Festival Rows of very full temporary bike racks
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Yay! Found a #miniWI tonight. This is the second I have found. The first was a 3D printed model of the state Capitol. www.channel3000.com/madison-maga...
A small pink flamingo with a yellow beak and yellow legs
October 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Happy #weekWithoutDriving! View from my route to take my kid to therapy. Also happens to be near where they have gymnastics on a different day. It’s so beautiful I pick it 100% of the time over driving.
A paved path through a wooded area
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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I will add, a lot of this is possible because we live in an area where there is decent transit, my kids take the bus, walk, or bike to school. According to walk score it’s not great but it works for us. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Screenshot of walkscore stating 48/100: car dependent. 77/100 bike score: very bikeable, 38/100 transit score: some transit
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Perfect day for apple picking!
An Apple orchard
September 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Look at this cute little forward hub trike I saw at the grocery store!
An orange trike with a small extra seat in the back for a passenger. There is a basket on the front and an ebike battery
September 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Whoa! I’ve only seen those in botanical gardens. Also, no joke, am currently reading this book. Would love to check out this place!
Annie Proulx Pulitzer Prize-winning author of BARKSKINS and THE SHIPPING NEWS FEN, BOG & SWAMP A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
September 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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My kid does not have a cell phone so how do they tell me they are staying for an after school club? Send a note home with the neighbor kid of course!
A hand holding a folded up note that says Mom on it
September 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A good reminder. "I am often struck by the dangerous narcissism fostered by spiritual rhetoric that pays so much attention to individual self-improvement and so little to the practice of love within the context of community."
bell hooks
"I am often struck by the dangerous narcissism fostered by spiritual rhetoric that pays so much attention to individual self-improvement and so little to the practice of love within the context of community." bell hooks American author, theorist, educator and social critic (1952 - 2021)
September 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM