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100% Whole Wheat-Honey-Brown Rice Bread

This bread is another example of whole wheat bread that is not only really delicious, but super nutritious as well. That’s them pictured above after just being placed in the oven…beautiful, aren’t they? It is easier to make than the recipe may seem at first glance, and the resulting bread is as soft and airyContinue reading “100% Whole Wheat-Honey-Brown Rice Bread”

How to Make Really Good Mushroom Soup (and a few others)…four recipes and a link.

“Goodsoup is one of the prime ingredients of good living. For soup can domore to lift the spirits and stimulate the appetite than any otherone dish.”–LouisP. De Gouy As the weather turns colder so to do our appetites seem to turn heartier. Soups and stews are often on the menu this time of year andContinue reading “How to Make Really Good Mushroom Soup (and a few others)…four recipes and a link.”

Things That Can Be Carried on a Bike (#367), Why You Should Ride Your Bike to the Store, and a Few Things I Saw Today

What I carried on the bike: A gym bag full of wet clothes, a 4.4lb. bag of dog food, a tin of pinto beans, 3 liters of red wine. Why you should ride your bike to the store: Well, this is pretty obvious for many reasons, especially if you,re a regular reader of this blog.Continue reading “Things That Can Be Carried on a Bike (#367), Why You Should Ride Your Bike to the Store, and a Few Things I Saw Today”

A Couple More Pics…

Still in the same theme of you see way more on a bike than when diving a car (and have much more opportunity to appreciate it, and take a few photos), I thought I’d share a few more. This was the sky as I pedaled home from the health club this evening. Breathtaking, I thought.Continue reading “A Couple More Pics…”

First Frost…

Like much of the northern hemisphere it’s getting cold here this time of year and last night we had the first frost of the season. Though I truly do love the change of seasons I am more than a bit ambivalent of the advent of the cold months…I feel unprepared this year, physically and mentally.Continue reading “First Frost…”

Sometimes when it rains…

It seemed quiet on the streets tonight; maybe I was just imagining it. It was also raining…not heavy, just a light drizzle; slightly heavier than a mist…a drizzle. It was also a typical autumn evening…cool and damp; I could smell wood smoke in the air as I pedaled. And as I pedaled and coasted IContinue reading “Sometimes when it rains…”

Five Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. America willContinue reading “Five Quotes from Abraham Lincoln”

Two Excellent Meals Made From Leftovers

Part of being a good cook is not only knowing how to cook well but also what to do with leftovers, and this is just as important–I think–whether you are cooking in a home kitchen or a commercial one. Two meals I cooked today are good examples. Pictured above is a closeup of chile conContinue reading “Two Excellent Meals Made From Leftovers”

(just a few of the many) Reasons I Choose to Ride a Bike

The above picture is Pilgrim-St. Luke’s UCC, the church of which I am a member. I love taking pictures of old Buffalo buildings–especially churches–but that’s not what this post is about. It’s about what I was thinking as I pedaled to church this morning. It was a beautiful autumn morning…couldn’t have been any nicer; youContinue reading “(just a few of the many) Reasons I Choose to Ride a Bike”

Ezekiel Bread (revisited)

“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself.”—Ezekiel 4:9 (NIV) This is one of my favorite breads..it is not too difficult to make and it is super-nutritious. I’ve posted on this bread and variations of it in the pastContinue reading “Ezekiel Bread (revisited)”

End of the Season

Well, I’d guess I should stop being in denial and face facts that the cold weather is on the way. I did my annual ritual of digging up the front yard garden today to make room for a shipment of firewood which is slated for delivery tomorrow; the wood gets dumped in my front yardContinue reading “End of the Season”

The King for How Long?

OK, though I am a bicycle/pedestrian advocate I try not to get too self-righteous because I still do drive a small pickup truck (infrequently…less frequently at times than others), but I couldn’t help myself here. I was pedaling back to work to finish the second half of a split-shift when I came upon the aboveContinue reading “The King for How Long?”

This Looks Fun (and useful)

This looks really awesome…but mostly fun. I’m not sure how fast it would go but it would probably come in handy in the sometimes harsh winters we see here in Western New York…then I’d really have no reason not to ride even on the snowiest days. It’s made by Lightfoot Cycles; they make many human-poweredContinue reading “This Looks Fun (and useful)”

Five Quotes From Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) “America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.” “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”Continue reading “Five Quotes From Oscar Wilde”