patti brehler is young-at-heart enough to bicycle 3800 miles solo, crazy enough to write a book about it, and old enough that her adventure-travel memoir is a “coming of a certain age” reflection o...view morepatti brehler is young-at-heart enough to bicycle 3800 miles solo, crazy enough to write a book about it, and old enough that her adventure-travel memoir is a “coming of a certain age” reflection of her life lived as art. Her story illustrates how calculated risks foster extraordinary synchronicity within her universe.Now retired from freelancing for a small Michigan newspaper, patti has been a record-setting ultra-marathon bicyclist, journeyman machinist, massage therapist, adventure coach, bicycle store owner, dog trainer, and amateur death doula for her parents. Somewhere in there was a short stint as a railroad conductor.Facing Sunset is her first book. She is one of thirty-three contributors to the anthology of women’s voices, What She Wrote, (published by Lilith House Press in 2020), and has essays published in the Massage Therapy Journal and the International Association of Assistance Dog Partners.patti lives in her beloved “patch” with her husband, Andy Andersen, and their two black labs, Gus and Aero (“career-changed” from Leader Dogs for the Blind). Her new adventure? During the 2020 Covid-shutdown, she bought a horse—a tri-colored Overo paint mare, aptly named Crazy Horse.view less