I’m happy, even ecstatic in our new home, on the east flank of Mount Tabor here in Portland, Oregon. Our house is newer than our former home (one week old versus 70 years old) and larger (2250 square feet versus 1290 sf). And most importantly to me, it has an open floor plan that promotes [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mount Tabor'
A Different Take On “We Deserve It”
June 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · community, spirituality & religion, work
Back On The Bike
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · community, global warming and climate change, sustainability, transportation
I’m sipping coffee at Seven Virtues* Coffeehouse on NE Glisan and 60th here in Portland, Oregon. Neil Young’s plaintive song Sugar Mountain is playing on the sound system. I suspect he’s referring to how I drink my coffee. I’m Seven Virtues’ first customer, having bicycled briskly over in the sharply slanted light of early morning.
I [...]
Tags: Bicycle Transportation Alliance·bicycling·Mount Tabor·Seven Virtues Coffeehouse·Stephanie Nolls
The Fun of Being In Training
March 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, energy, home & garden, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
Some mornings I write briefly (before dashing off to meet the vanpool) about something that’s been cooking in my mind for some time. This is one of those mornings, and what’s been cooking in my mind is the now fully-baked conviction that we’re in training.
Whether here in Oregon or all over the U.S. and world, [...]
Tags: Diamond-Cut Life·fun·global warming·green living·happiness·Mount Tabor·Oregon·right livelihood
Man And Machine On Mount Tabor
February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · community, energy
I feel uncomfortable about my topic today; it’s not all love and light. I have a conflict with my machine-loving neighbor here on Mount Tabor, whom I’ll call Lenny.
I like Lenny and he’s a top-notch neighbor in most ways. He volunteered to my husband Thor to change our flat tire last weekend. Lenny and his [...]
Tags: carbon footprint·culture·energy conservation·environment·exhaust fumes·lawn·motorcycles·Mount Tabor·neighbors
