Category Archives: Leaving the car at home

M2MC Fashion Show!

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Neil

On the way to water polo practice. Leave the car at home. Photo: Indigo Studios The clothes are from Liv, the bag and shoes from Shoe Fly. If you’re thinking, “I have to drive so I can carry…” – Think … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 15, 2011 by Neil

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A Quiet Noise

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Neil

I have an alarm that goes off every morning at 6:30 AM. I don’t set it and I don’t need it, but it goes off Monday through Friday like clockwork (which it’s not). It’s the guttural roar of my dependable … Continue reading →

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They Think I’m Nuts

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Neil

What is it about bikes that attracts, no I think inspires, so many impassioned nutcases, zealots, and holy roller bike preachers? What is it that makes so many of us feel that we need everyone else to join us? “It’s … Continue reading →

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Letting the Rain Cooperate

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Neil

Today’s one hundred percent chance of rain didn’t stop us from doing the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). And the rain cooperated with the forecasters. It one hundred percent rained, though not very hard and not one hundred percent of … Continue reading →

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Stuck at the Wrong End of the Line: The Front

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Neil

We were having friends over the other night, so I stopped at our local bakery to pick up a loaf of bread. It was lunch hour and they were busy.  I got there just before the rush and a moment … Continue reading →

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Is it just me, or is this nutty?

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Neil

Somehow my second month of winter town biking has slipped by. It’s been chilly to cold, in a Northern CA kind of way, so not really that cold. But I am glad to have my gloves and a nice wool … Continue reading →

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Traveling Thankfully

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Neil

I wonder how many people take a walk after their Thanksgiving Meal? My family has always done it, and I always assumed it was part of the whole Thanksgiving deal, right up there with turkey, football and parades. But come … Continue reading →

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The Reason Why

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Neil

From “Change Your Life, Ride a Bike” In our youngest sons’ medical record there’s a medical report from the children’s hospital in Esslingen to our children’s doctor, dated the 30th of January 2007. The introduction begins: “Report of the above … Continue reading →

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A World Revealed

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Jennifer Smart

We are creatures of habit and the habit for most to get from place to place is by car. This habit has us willingly getting into a metal box that creates a new and confined world around us. It’s a … Continue reading →

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