Archive for July, 2011

Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for July 14th, 2011 through July 19th, 2011: Shareable: Rich Little Poor Girl – "I am a happy poor person. There are many things I have had to give up and get adjusted to, going from a comfortably middle-class, corporate-suburban existence to living a lifestyle far below [...]

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Saturday, I went to the farmers’ market and got a half flat of strawberries and a half flat of blueberries for JAM! I’ve already made the strawberry jam, as well as some blueberry pancakes. You can get exact recipes and instructions for making and preserving jam in lots of places. My favorite is PickYourOwn.org. I [...]

Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for June 27th, 2011 through July 5th, 2011: BikePortland.org Family bike camp trip to Stub Stewart State Park – Awesome pics of a family bike camping trip. Bicycle-powered cart gives Portland’s homeless a chance to check out a good book | OregonLive.com – Books and bicycling AND [...]

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Portland is a city of bridges — 10 bridges across the Willamette River and two over the Columbia River. If you follow that link, you’ll see that I didn’t count two more — they’re railroad bridges, and I can’t cross them by car or bike! As far as I can recall, I haven’t crossed any [...]