Kathleen's Associated Content What's the Mission?
Last time I wrote specifically about bicycle commuting and daycare, I was pretty anxious about it. I’m still doing it, though, so I thought I’d better write an update on how our commute is going.
Transporting Kids by Bike
At one point, I was dithering about how to transport my youngest (three years old). Fellow blogger Sarah [...]
Ugh. It’s 10:20 on Sunday evening, and I’ve got tools scattered around and a bicycle with the front wheel still off. Fortunately for me, it’s not my own bicycle. It currently belongs to my middle daughter, and has a flat tire. Unfortunately, the tire doesn’t want to come off the rim, even with tire levers. [...]
Oregonian reporter Shelby Wood is also a bike-commuting mother, and today she posted a blog and video about her bike commuting experience. She actually put a camera on her helmet to record her commute! The helmet-cam footage is pretty bumpy, but she also had someone else take footage of her commuting. They even show her [...]
I almost got rained on Friday evening. There was stuff falling from the sky, but just barely, and any Portlander will tell you that that is NOT rain. I rode calmly to the daycare provider’s house, picked up the kids, and rode home. No sweat. Well, actually, I sweat a lot, but it’s completely unrelated [...]
I’ve got two sick kids today, and so I’m staying home for the second time in a little over a week. That makes me feel ever so slightly guilty, as I do have things to do at work, but I’m fortunate enough to have an adequate number paid sick days each year to cover these [...]
