The debates rage on for all the reasons to commute in town on bicycles (and motorcycles), as well as why they should stay off the road. We all know bicycling reduces pollution, slows our dependency on oil, and keeps us much healthier. Regardless of the benefits, here is a list of the reasons I won’t ride a bike [...]
For those of you who have not heard, Green Grounded and team are relocating to Asheville, NC.
This move has been nine years in the making, and once upon a day, I would have easily thought Asheville was too full of self-righteous granola types to want to move there. I may be veg, and I may [...]
The wildfire last week had Raleigh (and other parts of the state) looking like Houston in the late 1980s. My girlfriend from the VA beach area said it covered them last week as well.
The smoke lifted by Friday, but in case you missed it, were out of town, or just want to know what Raleigh [...]
I’m guessing unless you’ve sat in your home the last day, you’ve also inhaled the warm smolder lingering in the air.
Both Durham and Raleigh are feeling the effects of the 42,000 acre wildfire burning in Eastern NC. Which is a huge ordeal, and with rain levels lower than average, the fire could continue burning and [...]
Kiddies, it is again time to pull that bike out and get to Wooly the Bull in downtown Durham by 530 tomorrow night (first Thursday) for Critical Mass.
I can think of few better ways to engage in your community, engage your physical health and start the habit of biking where you can.
Check out this great youtube [...]
Here in the Triangle, the housing market isn’t our biggest financial woe. Energy costs is.
As the price of energy goes up incrementally every day, we are less concerned with foreclosures (though some do face this nightmare, we are significantly lower in foreclosures than the national average) and far more concerned with the cost of going [...]
Marc and I went to Falls Lake in Raleigh this past Sunday for, what Marc thought, was fishing. I went just to relax on a rock. Little did we realize that Falls Lake is simply a disaster zone of plastic, broken glass, cigarette butts and nuclear waste.
OK, the nuclear waste is a step too far, perhaps, [...]
“The hideousness of that foot will haunt my dreams forever.” ~John Turturro as Emilio Lopez in Mr. Deeds (2002)
That is the line Marc gave me upon looking at my foot, one week after being viciously ravaged by fire ants. Rest in peace, little buddies. You got me pretty good, and trust me, your suffering was [...]
A couple listservs and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) of Durham are publicizing this coming week is National Bike to Work Week.
Monday, 12 May through Friday, 16 May, get your fanny on a bike to get where you have to go. More info is at www.bikewalkdurham.org. Also know that you can stop at [...]
I do not know about your week, but betweeen life, work and elections, the first three days of this week were pretty high-impact, so I am taking a long deep breathe today to relax with clips from my last trip to the park.
Marc and I went up to Shelley Lake Park recently and I took [...]
