“I signed up for a 1,000 points per day challenge on Just Dance,” I announced at the Weight Watchers meeting today. That’s about 4-5 songs per day, although you don’t actually have to dance every day. “Does that fit into your lifestyle?” the leader asked. Happily, I was able to say “Yes!” If you’re working, [...]
My husband often accuses me of being addicted to the internet. And he admits that he sometimes has a problem too. Lately, I’ve found myself feeling too tired to get things done — but not too tired to play around on the internet! Sometimes I fool myself that I’m getting things done on the internet. [...]
Posted on March 09th, 2011 in Cycling
I’ve chronicled my journey to becoming a full-time bicycle commuter here over the past few years. I’ve even gathered several of my posts into a Family Biking page, so that people who are looking for advice can find them. Today, I’ve got a post over on Utility Cycling about getting started with family bicycle commuting. [...]
You can feed your kids up with good home cooking, and they’ll thrive, but what about when they get out on their own? Will they be able to feed themselves for life? Kim Painter wrote about this recently in USA Today. She points out that teens and young adults today often have no idea how [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2011 in Cycling, Sustainability
Just a couple of inspirational and informational bicycle commuting items today. First, in a guest post on Hobo Mama, Rachel Jonat tells about her experiences in going car-less with kids in Vancouver, B.C. And on YouTube, Stanford University’s graduate journalism program has posted a five-minute video featuring Dr. Maren Pedersen of Palo Alto, and her [...]
We’ve had both sub-freezing weather and rainy weather in recent weeks, but I’m still biking along every day! Well, there was that one day that we had freezing rain, and I didn’t get out until about 10:00 a.m. when it thawed out, but that was OK. The only problem was that it was garbage day, [...]
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It’s winter break, and I work in education, so I’m not bike commuting right now. We’ve had rain, rain, rain for days or maybe weeks or months now, and I don’t bike for pleasure in the rain. Nor do I bike to the grocery store or anywhere else in the rain if I don’t have [...]
Posted on November 20th, 2010 in Cycling
We’ve already had a lot of cold and rain (with a little snow possible soon), so it’s a little late for me to be thinking about these things, but… Here’s a detailed post on How To Waterproof Your Xtracycle. I’m especially thinking about this because my SnapDeck is, in fact, showing signs of water-wear. Xtracycle [...]
