Starting in October there will be cooler weather without being too stormy, at least until Oct. 12 ( Read more... )

One of these days, when it is relatively safe to do so, Marisa and I will go to Ashland, Oregon ( Read more... )

I am reminded as I walk to-day at work on a "banana break" that my happiest moments in life have been with a bicycle ( Read more... )

Was dressed and had breakfast around 10 a.m. to-day ( Read more... )

Portland has a number of great places to ride my bike ( Read more... )

Marisa and I worked at cleaning the back room. It is now "organized" so that I can disperse all the piles--one for the Goodwill, another a bag to be donated to a residential care facility, boxes for storage in the basement and my "project box ( Read more... )

Someone in Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, Washington has decided to do some guerilla public service. If you read on you will find a link to a an even more interesting story which details the origin of the phrase guerilla public service from Southern California and a guy named Ankrom who did a more sophisticated signage change ( Read more... )

As we turn to a new year from 2009 to 2010, I feel quite optimistic ( Read more... )

The BBC introduced me to a map service which, among other things, does not have rights restrictions, OpenStreetMap! While many of the things you can find on other mapping services are not there, it has many features the others don't have. For instance, I looked at the map of my community and it showed all the rail spurs and junctions. Also, it ( Read more... )

Think electric cars are the answer to the energy/carbon problem? Not if there is a battery shortage. Lithium has an even shorter supply than oil! Bicycles, anyone?