Yesterday afternoon I alit at the Amtrak station here in Portland, heavily laden with my laptop, book-bag and purse. It would be quite a trudge to where I needed to go. What should conveniently appear at the curb but a pedicab, pedaled by a lovely young woman named Margaret? Margaret, who leases her pedicab from [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fun'
The Pleasures Of Pedicabs
June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, transportation, work
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·cars·Cascadia Pedicab·fun·green living·happiness·Oregon·outdoors·pedicab·technology
Ten Things You WON’T Find On This Site
June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · lifestyle, work
1.) Ads. Don’t want ‘em. I’m jonesing for readership, not dollars. 2.) Hatchet jobs on anyone or anything. I’m here to be constructive, not tear things down. I’ve angered some people with some measured criticism, but at the same time I’ve suggested a positive path they might consider taking. I’ve even rewarded someone who took [...]
Tags: ads·cars·consumption·fun·green living·happiness·life·rich and famous·technology·thrift·water
Happiness In The High Desert
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Oregon, community, entertainment, lifestyle, money, nature
What did I do last night and how happy did it make me? I went running in the high desert, sang and got people to sing with me — for a 9 on my 1-10 scale of happiness. I’m in Bend, Oregon, for a conference on public participation. To the right is the type of [...]
Tags: American Pie·Bend·exercise·fun·happiness·high desert·Janet Johnson·Oregon·outdoors·public participation·running·thrift
Free Ways To Enjoy Ourselves
June 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · entertainment, food & drink, health & well being, money
The economy has many of us scared and tense, whether or not we still have the job and homes we had a year or two ago. Thor and I are lucky that our jobs and house situation are yet unchanged, but of course we’ve lost a big portion of what we’d put away for retirement, [...]
Tags: fun·green living
High-Joy, No-Cost Fun: Haiku
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, work
A high-joy, low-consumption pursuit that my friend Colleen Kaleda, a journalist, and I love to do together is write haiku. Her first poem reflects that she and her husband merrily ousted some pavement from their property last summer. Contact speaks to our shared love of community and sociability. Which reminds me: this Thursday Colleen and [...]
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