World traveler, Joseph Diomede, takes us on a magical tour as he comes of age in this first volume of his Synchronicity Cycles. From the Bronx, New York, across the United States, and into Guatemala, Diomede encounters unbelievable coincidences while expanding his humanist vision of the connectivity between all life experiences. The seeds of Diomede's travel lust began on a bicycle in New York. Soon thereafter, we travel with him by motorcycle, bus, truck, and whatever mode of transport that allowed Diomede to explore the meaning of life in the faces and places of his rich adventures. We travel through a series of heartwarming adventures filled with unexpected twists as the great storyteller, Joseph Diomede, guides us from Cycle One to his upcoming volume, Synchronicity Cycle Two: Discovering the East. "The author's prevailing theme to the reader is to heed those synchronous moments and treasure them, for they are what connect us to each other and ourselves. " Lisa LeMone, Ah2 Music Joe Diomede lives with his wife Angie and two children, Louis and Francesca, in the stunning beauty of southern France where the foothills of the majestic Pyrenean Mountain chain secrets away many tiny hamlets and villages from the modern world. Cycling is still a big part of his life, and besides riding bikes with his family, Joe co-owns a small-scale bicycle shop serving a local community in England. To supplement a low-key lifestyle, their back garden produces some of the food they consume as a vegetarian family, and their chickens donate the eggs. Although his open-ended travel has changed with the arrival of children, his love of life, passion for social justice, and keeping his family life simple are a constant challenge. Coming from the Bronx in New York City, he struggles between his love of rural living and the 'buzz' of a big city, but manages to maintain the balance. Writing short stories and articles have always been a hobby for Joe but this book is his biggest writing endeavor to date.