This is a guest post from my friend Christina, she of joy-riding fame. What makes a neighborhood delightful, a place we want to be, that urban planners’ favorite word: “livable”? My own lovely neighborhood on the west flank of Mt. Tabor here in Portland, Oregon, has been grappling with a problem. The city has a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mt Tabor'
Christina’s Confession: I Take Cuts
August 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Oregon, community, transportation
Tags: bike lanes·livability·Mt Tabor·neighborhood·urban planners
Christina’s Joy Riding
July 15th, 2011 · 6 Comments · health & well being, sustainability, work
This is a guest post from my friend Christina, who has a Master’s degree in nursing from Yale and the most irrepressible spirit I’ve met here in my Mt. Tabor neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. In May I put down the gauntlet to my boss. Bike to work one day a week starting
Nature In The City: Raccoons
July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · community, lifestyle, nature, simplicity
I got up before dawn this morning and went running at first light in Mount Tabor Park, near our house. Near a 100-foot tall Douglas Fir tree, I heard unusual scrabbling noises, so I stopped in my tracks to investigate. I saw an adult raccoon spreadeagled on the tree at about waist height, looking over [...]
Tags: development·Douglas fir·environment·exercise·green living·happiness·land use·Mt Tabor·nature·Oregon·outdoors·parks·Portland·raccoons·running
