Tag Archives: urban simplicity

They Paid Me Back

A few weeks ago while I was on holiday in NYC I put a twenty dollar bill into a subway machine and nothing happened. The machine didn’t seize up…it just took the money and waited for the next person to come along (who did, and the machine worked fine). Another twenty in the garbage IContinue reading “They Paid Me Back”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#49)

A case of Cabernet Sauvignon.Ten pounds of dog food.Two new t-shirts.A canister of shaving cream.A bag of trail mix.A wooden box containing, among other things, a bottle of water, an extra shirt, 2 wrenches, a pair of pliers, a screwdriver, a roll of duct tape, a u-lock, a cable lock, extra bungee chords.

Beans, Greens, and Other Good Things

Well, despite the somewhat chilly summer (and untamed weeds) the garden is producing fairly well. The first photo is what I picked today in the front yard (tomatoes are still green, though). An is often the case I made a one-pot meal…with vegetables this fresh it would be more difficult not to make it delicious.Continue reading “Beans, Greens, and Other Good Things”

Sunday Morning Walk

Sometimes I find a walk is better than a bike ride. If you can see more on a bike than in a car you can see even more when you’re using just your feet. Anyhow, I went for a meditative Sunday walk this morning, and one of the things that I love to do whenContinue reading “Sunday Morning Walk”

Those Wacky Food and Bike Loving French

I love this photo and thought it appropriate to post it with the current Tour de France going on (is the race still going, or is it over yet?). It’s a photo of Georges Grillot and Roger Coiffier, tandem riders in the Brest–Menton race in 1930. It’s just one of the annual bike races inContinue reading “Those Wacky Food and Bike Loving French”

Annie Londonderry and Columbia Bikes

I’ve been meaning to read this book about Annie Londonderry for a while, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. I was browsing through it at a book store recently…it looks like an interesting book and she certainly seems like an incredible woman. She bicycled around the world on a heavy single speed bike byContinue reading “Annie Londonderry and Columbia Bikes”

Mystical Candle

I took this short video about a year ago and forgot about it. Then tonight while looking for something else on my hard-drive I came across it again and thought I’d share it. I was writing one night and had a candle and incense burning (yes, I burn candles and incense sometimes) and the heatContinue reading “Mystical Candle”

3rd Generation Sunflower

I planted a sunflower close to my front porch two years ago. Last year a few feet in front of the original location another grew without me planting it…seeds fell and it replanted itself. This year a few feet further the same thing happened. Nature takes care of itself if we let it. Beautiful. IContinue reading “3rd Generation Sunflower”