Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#466)…and a very brief comment

On the bike…boxes of food (quiche, dinner rolls, muffins, etc.) on it’s way to a local food pantry. So okay, I generally love the snow, I really do. But (always a but), this is going on a bit too long this year. If you are reading this from the same area of the world inContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#466)…and a very brief comment”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#465), and the View from My Handlebars

On the bike…a gallon of extra virgin olive oil. The view…a murder of crows overhead. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#464) and the View from My Handlebars

On the bike…two bottles of red wine, a gym bag containing wet clothes, and nearly $40 in groceries. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#463), the View from My Handlebars, and a Favorite Recipe

On the bike…A cardboard box containing an empty dough rising bucket, and three freshly baked loaves of Ezekiel Bread. The recipe…Ezekiel Bread (to read my interpretation and philosophy of this bread click here; For pictures and directions of it being made, click here). The view from my handlebars (bottom of post)…On Allen Street here inContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#463), the View from My Handlebars, and a Favorite Recipe”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#462)

A gym bag full of wet clothes, and about $40 worth of groceries (either the food is getting smaller or my basket is getting bigger because I never used to be able to fit $40 worth of groceries in there…ahh, but of course it is getting more expensive; by the day). Urban Simplicity

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#461), a brief story, and a couple comments…

On the bike…a gym bag containing wet clothes, and two bottles of red wine. A brief story…I coasted up to the community center at my usual time (and before I had the wine on the bike and wet clothes in the bag), which is also the time that parents often pick up their kids fromContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#461), a brief story, and a couple comments…”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#459 & 460)

#459 (above)…various home repair supplies. #460 (below)…$99.00 in groceries and sundries. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#458), the view from my handlebars, and a brief comment about a Good Samaritan

On the bike…a nylon bag containing a camera and its charger, a canvas bag containing a book and a few papers, and two cardboard boxes containing 5lbs of honey, 10lbs of whole wheat flour, and an entire leg of lamb. The view…is on Allen Street here in Buffalo, NY. What a lovely day; nearly spring-like.Continue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#458), the view from my handlebars, and a brief comment about a Good Samaritan”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#457)

A canvas bag containing two books and a few pens, an empty dough rising bucket, a canvas bag containing an extra camera and charger, and two freshly baked loaves of whole wheat bread. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#456), and Two Views from My Handlebars

On the bike…two bottles of red wine and a gym bag containing wet clothes. The views…directly below is a view of Allen and Elmwood, an intersection I usually cross multiple times a day. It was/is cold and wet. Not freezing cold, but halfway freezing. The temp is just above freezing and it has been sortContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#456), and Two Views from My Handlebars”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#455)…and a brief comment about the weather

On the bike…more than $100 in groceries and sundries. About the weather…the weather today was fine. Seasonably cold with light flurries; the roads were dry. But what I wanted to mention is something that I noticed…not so much about the weather itself but more so about awareness of it. The reason I mention this isContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#455)…and a brief comment about the weather”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#454), the View from My Handlebars, and a Couple Thoughts on Sharrows

On the bike…10lbs of whole wheat flour and a small box of vital wheat gluten (note the price of gas in the background). The view in front of me…Mr. Goodbar (sometimes I get thirsty whilst pedaling a bike). On Sharrows….okay, so first a couple things. Buffalo, the city in which I reside, has made hugeContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#454), the View from My Handlebars, and a Couple Thoughts on Sharrows”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#453)

A gym bag full of wet clothes and $51.43 in groceries, including the ingredients for this recipe. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#451 & #452)

#451(above)…$45.61 in groceries.#452 (below)…A gym bag full of wet clothes, and a case of red wine. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#449) and a couple pictures of snow.

On the bike…a canvas bag containing two books, a camera, and some papers. A paper bag containing various food leftovers.  Western New York got hit with heavy snow today, but not nearly as much as our friends on the eastern seaboard. It wasn’t that cold so the snow was heavy–big heavy flakes–and it stuck toContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#449) and a couple pictures of snow.”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#447)…and a quick note.

On the bike…10 pounds of dog food, a camera bag with an extra camera and charger, 3 pounds of diced lamb meat, a bottle of fish oil (pills), and a canvas book bag containing a book, a pocket-sized Bible, and a journal. I also wanted to mention that I will be away from my computerContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#447)…and a quick note.”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#446)

A book bag stuffed full of books, a camera bag containing two cameras, a classical guitar (my son’s), a laptop computer, and a camera tripod. Urban Simplicity.

Things That can be Carried on a Bike (#445), and the view from my handlebars…

On the bike…a gym bag full of wet clothes and a case of red wine (I get thirsty with all the exercise and biking). Despite the warm colors in the photo below, like much of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada we are still in the grip of a cold-snap. It was/is cold today.Continue reading “Things That can be Carried on a Bike (#445), and the view from my handlebars…”