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 [...]
It looks like we’re near the end of our canning season. I still have pears in cold storage, waiting to be processed, but the tomatoes are done! Altogether, we’ve done applesauce, tomato sauce, tomato jam, crushed tomatoes and pear jam. I still plan on making pear sauce and/or pear butter. It’s not a complete winter’s [...]
My middle daughter turned eight today. She planned her own celebration, including the transportation. This is what she chose to do. First, we biked down and picked up her friend. Then the three of us biked to the local Izzy’s restaurant (for which we had a coupon) for lunch. Then we biked home for presents, [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2010 in Cycling, Sustainability
We finally have all three kids biking on their own! Oldest daughter has moved up to an adult bike. Middle daughter just tonight moved up to the middle bike and started riding without training wheels. Youngest daughter is now on the smallest bike, with the training wheels on. Yay! But I forgot to take any [...]
I was immediately drawn in by the first episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, and have been equally captivated by each episode. Of course, I’m totally on board with his mission to bring real, wholesome food to the people of Huntington, West Virginia and elsewhere, but the series also features good storytelling! I encourage everyone [...]
Posted on April 02nd, 2010 in Cycling
I rode my bike two days in row. Shocking, I know! Today was the second day of 30 Days of Biking. I rode my bike to work as usual yesterday, but not today. Today’s weather included wind (with high wind warnings), rain, hail, sunshine, and temperatures in the low 40s. This morning was awful, and [...]
I looked out the window after school today, and saw rain pouring down on students and teachers as they loaded the buses. It didn’t look good for me, and I’d parked my bike outside and left all of my rain gear (cheap poncho and plastic bags) in the Freeloader bags, where it was already getting [...]
