Tag Archives: urban simplicity

What Tips Do You Have (I’d like to know)

A couple things. Firstly, no that is not a current picture; it’s one I took last winter. Though I live in a snowy area of the world it has not snowed yet (and hopefully won’t for at least a month or two). The other thing is this. I am currently writing a short article whichContinue reading “What Tips Do You Have (I’d like to know)”

Cycling For Everyone

I love this video. It’s a new inspirational piece put out by the Dutch Cycling Embassy. It offers first a brief history of cycling in Holland and then what is happening today regarding cycling in their beautiful country…mostly how cycling is integrated into daily life. Living in the automobile-centric U.S. I’d be fibbing if IContinue reading “Cycling For Everyone”

La Pomme

“Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits.” — Henry David Thoreau For additional recipes and to read a story about apples–with practical information, history, and lore–click here. Old Fashioned AppleButter Yield: 2 cups 6-7 large apples 1-1/4 cups brown sugar 1/2 cup water Peel, core and quarter the apples;discard the peels and cores. CombineContinue reading “La Pomme”

Five Quotes from William Arthur Ward

If you can imagine it,You can achieve it.If you can dream it,You can become it. To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation. It is wise to direct your anger towards problems — notContinue reading “Five Quotes from William Arthur Ward”

Something I Saw Today

If you’ve been to this blog before you may be growing tired of me proclaiming the many benefits of bicycling (but then again, maybe not). Anyhow, I’ll again state the obvious. When you ride a bike you see things and are able to interact with the things and people you see that would be impossibleContinue reading “Something I Saw Today”

Things That Can Be Carried on a Bike (#356), a Recipe, and My Morning Commute

Things On The Bike: A plastic bucket with raw bread dough, a canvas book bag containing various things (including–oddly–a couple tulip bulbs), and a Rolling Stone magazine. My Morning Commute: The lower of the above photos is the view I see from my handlebars on my morning commute nearly every morning; it’s at this intersection.Continue reading “Things That Can Be Carried on a Bike (#356), a Recipe, and My Morning Commute”

Still My Favorite…

Though this has not been my best year for the garden–mostly because of this years experiment of seeing how close I can plant things and then neglect–I’ve still managed well enough. But tomatoes are by far still my favorite vegetable to grow. The one pictured above I ate today, and even though it is closerContinue reading “Still My Favorite…”

Things That Can Be Carried in a Cart

$36.79 in groceries. Sometimes I just have to use my feet. To me, walking is to bicycling as bicycling is to driving…it slows things down and brings things into perspective; I see and notice things when I walk that I likely wouldn’t if on a bike and definitely wouldn’t if in a car.  I neededContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried in a Cart”

A Link and Clip

I’ve posted in the past of famous people on bikes, click here and here. Anyhow I thought I’d pass along a link of to site I’ve visit periodically, it posts only pictures of famous people on bikes–mostly from a bygone era–it’s called Rides a Bike. Click here, for example, to see a picture of BrianContinue reading “A Link and Clip”

Sometimes I Get Overwhelmed

I snapped this picture a few seconds after taking the bottom of the two previous photos. I was marveling at the beauty of the flowers–and that I had the day off–when I looked up at the sky (I find myself looking at the sky a lot these days). The jet pictured was flying directly overheadContinue reading “Sometimes I Get Overwhelmed”

How To Lock Your Bike

This is another short, informative, and exceedingly entertaining video put out by StreetFilms. Hal Ruzal, who has been a bike mechanic at Bicycle Habitat since 1978 (gotta love his Cheap Trick t-shirt), and Kerri Martin, founder of Bike Church, walk around and rate how people’s bikes are locked up. I remember some years ago whenContinue reading “How To Lock Your Bike”

Five Quotes From Carlos Castaneda

Image found here. “The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” “The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.” “In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there isContinue reading “Five Quotes From Carlos Castaneda”

Whole Wheat Brown Rice Garden Fresh Pizza

With the weather turning cooler I’ve been baking bread at home again (opposed to taking the raw dough to work to bake it where the ovens are on all day long everyday). And is often the case when I bake at home I’ll take half the dough and make pizza for dinner…and this is justContinue reading “Whole Wheat Brown Rice Garden Fresh Pizza”