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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'bicycling'
The Best $400 We Spent This Month
April 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · 97215, Oregon, bicycling, relationships, technology, thrift, transportation
Tags: alcohol·bicycling·Fred Meyer·Somalia
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.
The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon emissions·carbon reduction·green architects·Honda hybrid·Nathan Good·net zero home·pzev·Tom Kelly
