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The Best $400 We Spent This Month

April 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · 97215, Oregon, bicycling, relationships, technology, thrift, transportation

It’s the last day of the month, a good day to look at household finances and where money was well spent and less well spent. You know me; I embrace thrift.
I continued my theme of drinking less alcohol, including in social settings where ‘everyone’ is drinking, and it’s been wonderful. It saves money but just [...]

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Bike. Walk. Joy.

March 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments · 97215, bicycling, carbon footprint, conservation, energy, exercise, fun, happiness, health, life, lifestyle, outdoors, sustainability, technology, transportation

Did you know that 40% of trips made in the U.S. are two miles or less in length? That’s walking and bicycling distance. Yet cars are currently being used for most of those trips. So much physical, sensual pleasure being bypassed as we vegetate in our vehicles! And carbon emissions needlessly created. And overweight-ness perpetuated.
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Bicycling In The Mist

November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 97215, Oregon, Uncategorized, bicycling, carbon footprint, carpooling, energy, exercise, green living, happiness, health, lifestyle, outdoors, thrift, transportation

Yesterday morning I was working at home here in Portland, looking out my living-room window at the cool, misty day. I needed to go down to Metro, just over four miles away, for an afternoon-long meeting.
Like most all people in a city, I had a choice-point: how did I want to transport myself from here [...]

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Soaring Above PZEV To Zero Emissions

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments · 97215, climate change, energy conservation, global warming, green living, health, lifestyle, simplicity, transportation

I had an exhilarating swoop into the heart of the diamond-cut life Saturday night when I bicycled all the way home from my mother-in-law’s house.  (For newcomers to this blog– welcome! — the diamond-cut life is happiness chiseled down to its essence, with excess consumption stripped away).
I felt free and strong as an eagle bicycling from far [...]

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Andrew Brown, Baseball’s Cool Commuter

June 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · carbon footprint, carpooling, climate change, culture, entertainment, environment, exercise, global warming, green living, health, life, lifestyle, outdoors, simplicity, sustainability, thrift, transportation, work

My carpool-pals don’t just help me save gas money and carbon emissions, they also pass good information on to me. Thanks to my baseball-loving ‘pool, I’ve learned about Andrew Brown, the relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics who uses his bicycle and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to get to the ballpark for [...]

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