Carfree Family Stories — We’re Not Supermen: How Mild Mannered People Demotorize Metropolis

By Christine and Kent Peterson, Issaquah, Washington

About two years ago, a story appeared on the front page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer under the headline “A family of 4 – but no car.” “The Petersons are a family of four from Issaquah,” it begins. “They like to hike, go to the movies, watch American Idol. A regular suburban bunch. Minus the SUV. Minus any car, for that matter. The Petersons don’t drive. They haven’t since 1987. As the rest of the country frets over the highest gas prices in history, the Petersons carry on as usual, biking, walking and riding the bus wherever they need to go.”

When Kent told me that reporter Sonia Krishnan wanted to interview us for this story, I had a hard time wrapping my mind around it. “Why is this a story?” I asked. “It’s just our life.” I joked with friends about our 15 minutes of fame, assuming things would quickly blow over. But papers in Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston, and all over the country were picking up the story.

To read the entire story on Kent’s Bike Blog – CLICK HERE

When you visit The Potter’s House in Amery, Wisconsin – you may be completely transformed and ruined for life. No common dish, cup, bowl or platter will ever do after touching the fine textures and especially taking in the patterns and colors that organically connect to your inner sense of beauty. Sarah Dudgeon imparts enchantment into everything she crafts with her hands – hands that serve as an extension of her heart.

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