Singer Laura Veirs finds creativity everywhere: Bikes, skates, power saws
For Laura Veirs, cycling was a time for crying.
It was 2018. Few would have suspected that the songwriter’s life was unraveling. Two years earlier, a supergroup collaboration with Neko Case and k.d. lang had elevated her profile. Her latest solo album, “The Lookout,” had wowed critics. It exemplified her talent for creating lyrical images of nature, like a plein-air painter utilizing a folk-rock palette. One song included her two young children on backing vocals. The title track was a tribute to her music producer husband.
She hadn’t anticipated her marriage would end.
At the time, Ms. Veirs found out that two friends were preparing for a 100-mile
