What’s the Mission?
Every few months…or maybe weeks…the issue of bicycle licensing comes up. Some people think bicyclists should have licenses, and that they should have to pay a fee to license their bikes just like auto drivers do. Here’s one line of reasoning that I read today, in an opinion post on the OregonLive website: Not all [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
It’s back to work week for me! And it’ll be back to school week next week. Both of these present challenges, but I’m also participating in a couple of bike challenges this month. 30 Days of Biking has returned for September! This Minneapolis-based event is open to everyone in the world. The only rule for [...]
It all started with a piece on BikePortland about the Community Cycling Center’s findings on the lack of racial diversity in bicycling. I heard about it because BikePortland mentioned on Twitter that Jack Bogdanski of Jack Bog’s Blog had made note of the piece. He called the report “sad, funny, or both,” chastising the CCC [...]
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 [...]
We officially started planting the vegetable garden this weekend. I’ve been wanting to put in peas ever since a sunny Saturday in mid-January. I weeded the beds and stirred up the soil in short sleeves, reveling in the scent of rosemary, lavender, and good clean dirt. I was tempted to sow a few seeds while [...]
If you don’t live in Portland, you probably don’t know that a Portland man, Aaron Campbell, was shot and killed by police at the end of January. This happened in an apartment complex fairly close to where we live, and many people believe the police acted improperly (although a grand jury cleared the officer of [...]
