It is still pretty early in the growing season for Western New York State (and we had a late start) but some things are already coming to fruition. Tonight, for example, I was able to make an excellent green and red leaf salad flavored with herbs (and one single piece of broccoli) that my sonContinue reading “Grow Your Own…”
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Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#322)
1 gallon of milk, 1 gallon of fruit juice, 4 slices of pizza, and a gym bag full of wet clothes.
Enough Said…
OK, a couple things. Firstly, this saying is dated by a couple of years (I think), but it’s still more relevant than ever. Click here to see more. That is not my bike or my sign; I found the image here. And also, this is not the sole reason I ride, but it is oneContinue reading “Enough Said…”
Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#321)
A cardboard box containing 26 small vegetable plants, $51.26 in groceries, a bottle of household disinfectant, 2 meal moth traps. To see other things that I’ve carried on my bike, click here.
Still Planting…
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts regarding gardening, my vegetable garden(s) are a new experiment each year. In fact they began as an experiment about twenty years ago. I pushed a few things in the ground and was surprised that they grew…and grew and grew. Anyhow that was an apartment and a house ago…the houseContinue reading “Still Planting…”
A Few Photos from the Garden
Click the image for a larger view.
Cargo Bike Reviews
I recently came across this review of cargo bikes on the website of Bicycling Magazine. I was intrigued because one of the bikes they reviewed was the Yuba Mundo, which of course is the main bike I ride. I didn’t necessarily agree with the reviewers comments of the Mundo (or the rest of the cargoContinue reading “Cargo Bike Reviews”
Bicyclists Behaving Badly (and my improper response)
Image found here. Before I begin I have to state a few things in the event you’ve not read this before on this blog. Firstly, while I am a bicycle advocate I am by no means car-free but I am car-lite; sometimes more lite than others…and during the summer months I am nearly car-free. TodayContinue reading “Bicyclists Behaving Badly (and my improper response)”
Vélo Québec (on sharing the road)
I came across this short wordless clip on Treehugger and found it interesting. It’s part of the Vélo Québec Partage la Route campaign (sharing the road).
Lone Wheel
I was walking down the street the other day and saw this lone wheel sitting at the edge of the pavement, and as I often do I had my camera with me so I snapped a shot. I wonder two things: What was it doing there and why did nobody pick it up. At anyContinue reading “Lone Wheel”
More Fortune Cookie Philosophy
Take this how you will, but I believe it to be true. And no I do not see God as an old grey haired man with a long beard sitting on a golden throne judging us…but more of the source of our very being; the reason that we live and breath and why we areContinue reading “More Fortune Cookie Philosophy”
Lebanese-Style Chicken and Brown Rice
This is one of my all-time favorite recipes. It’s one that I grew up with and it’s also one which I shall never tire of. I’ve posted it–or variations of it–on numerous occasions, but because I believe it is so delicious and easy to make I thought I’d post it again. The main difference betweenContinue reading “Lebanese-Style Chicken and Brown Rice”
Tattooed Mike and his Boom Box Trike (and why I love this neighborhood)
This past weekend was the Allentown Art Festival and the Allen West Festival here in Buffalo. If you’ve never visited our city, Allentown (click here and here) is a small village within a medium sized city (but getting smaller). I’ve heard people use the analogy that Allentown is our version of Greenwich Village, but IContinue reading “Tattooed Mike and his Boom Box Trike (and why I love this neighborhood)”
Nature’s Beauty
When I was getting on my bike yesterday I saw a few flowers that–for lack of better words and while not trying to sound too hokey–stopped me in my tracks. Beautiful. I snapped a few pictures and thought I’d share a couple. (Click them for a larger view.)
Dear Mister Motorist
I love this. I had not seen this image before and came across the photo on the Facebook page, The Cool Hunter, but a quick Google search shows that it’s posted all over the internet. If anyone knows anything abut this photo (the photographer, who the people are, when/where it was taken) please let meContinue reading “Dear Mister Motorist”
Gary Fisher on Bicycling
Firstly I just want to say that I am not trying to promo Gary Fisher bicycles with this short clip, but more specifically bicycles and bicycling in general. It is a clip of Gary Fisher talking passionately about bicycles (but of course promoting his own line of bikes). I just think it’s a great pro-bicycleContinue reading “Gary Fisher on Bicycling”
Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#319 & #320)
#319: two freshly baked loaves of whole-wheat Pullman-style loaves of bread, a canvas bag containing a few books and other things, an 8-quart plastic container (which earlier contained raw bread dough but now hold 4 chicken fingers). #320: a Fender Stratocaster in a hard-shell case, and Chinese take out food.
Bicycles, Prosperity, Economy
I came across this old advert here and thought it was interesting enough to share (I wonder it’s date and what it was originally intended for)…whatever the year or its intent, it seems just as relevant today (if not more so).
Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know theyContinue reading “Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell”
Front Yard Broccoli in the Morning
OK, so I know that’s a hokey title for this post…but the photo is what it is. This morning, just before I left for work, I went out to the front yard garden–coffee cup in hand–to see if rabbits had a buffet last night (they didn’t…yet) and was taken by how the sun was reflectingContinue reading “Front Yard Broccoli in the Morning”
Urban Simplicty 