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The B3 is Here!
I have been so busy with school and life and all that, that I have had no time to read blogs, let alone post in mine, but I just had to share the good news, my B3 is here! After due consideration and...
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How We Get There Matters
Particularly in during the dark cold Northwest winter, even the heartiest among us can feel our enthusiasm for bike commuting dwindle, and I have discover that having an enticing and inspiring route...
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Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
So heres the thing: if you injure your knee in May, don't wait until the following January to have it looked at.It started out innocuously enough, I was in a yoga class, last May, and made an...
View ArticleFeb. 1st POWER OUT FOR FIVE
This just in ~sorry for the late noticeOn 1 February 2007, please participate in the biggest mobilization of Citizens Against Global Warming to date!The Alliance for the planet (a group of...
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The Boy and I ventured out for a short, leasurly ride: the first since I got the news that I may have a torn ligament.Not riding had all but eliminated my will live, so I checked with my doc and got...
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Sprocket Smoothies Goes to Town
Prior to getting the news that I may have an ACL tear, I had set up a photo shoot of the B3 in action: the plan was to provide smoothies to volunteers at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance's volunteer...
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"You want to blend those smoothies with WHAT??"
"Dont be officoius, your not yourself when your officoius ~thats the curse of a government job" --Ruth Gordon as Maude in "Harold & Maude"Portland's cycling community may be yearning for bike...
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Happy (Chinese) New Year
All sorts of things are coming into alignment for me at the moment, new beginnings, final endings; cycles of all sorts coming full circle. I began this blog a year ago, near the start of the Chinese...
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A Revolution of One
Although I am intrigued by the Branson/Gore plan to reward inventors who come up with devices to remove carbon from the air, I have enough experience as a mom to understand that the most effective way...
View ArticleGiving up the meaningless for Lent
I heard a very interesting piece on NPR recently about the notion of Lent, advocating that -rather than giving up chocolate or the like - that we give up for the inconsequential and meaningless in...
View ArticleThoughts on Transformation
After spending the better part of the past decade in pursuit of the credentials to be an Art Therapist, now that I am closing in on the goal I find myself loosing faith in the whole notion of therapy....
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Spring Time & The Mother of Invention
Well, spring has sprung here at our little urban homestead, bringing with it all manner of projects, activities and refections on the meaning of it all.I went out to check for eggs this morning, having...
View ArticleMover's Lament
Spring is altogether the worst time for me to consider moving from this place. Granted, there are a dozen good reasons, and several flimsy ones, for me to do so; but all those reason existed over the...
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Sidecar Update
Having gotten the important pieces bolted down, I couldn't resist taking the sidecar out for a test drive.The Boy took one look at it and declared "I am NOT getting in that!" Not sure if it was the...
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Steve Solves Sidecar Steering Situation
Thanks to Steve in Nova Scotia, the side car now maneuvers like a dream! The key was, as he suspected, removing the "inside" wheel of the car. My theory is that the side car will offer some added...
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Sprocket Smoothies, and local politico Sam Adams, whiped up cycling excitment and over 100 organic fruit smoothies at Portland's Bike to Work day in Pioneer Square. They say that behind every great...
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Bike Bucket DIY
Several folks have asked about how to make bike buckets, and as luck would have it I've had occasion to make another pair, so here are the step-by-step photos I didn't get last time.This project has...
View ArticleCity to City
The Boy and I have been making the trek from Portland to Seattle by train with such frequency and duration that I recently mused to someone that I was loosing my sense of which end of the junket was...
View ArticleThe Mad Farmer Liberation Front
The Mad Farmer Liberation FrontBy Berry, WendellLove the quick profit, the annual raise,vacation with pay. Want moreof everything ready-made. Be afraidto know your neighbors and to die.And you will...
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