tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post3149221375648325810..comments2023-06-28T06:13:50.901-06:00Comments on A posse ad esse: Low Impact Reflections IIPaul Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13420342085380365248noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-29821256013155914872007-06-05T11:46:00.000-06:002007-06-05T11:46:00.000-06:00Rosa, That guy is just plain ole' too motivated fo...Rosa, That guy is just plain ole' too motivated for me. I ride for the excersise, and because it's something I can do to reduce my consumption and thus my impact and my expenditure. It's new to me, and I hope to keep up with it. I have begun to look forward to the rides to a certain extent which is something that I did not foresee.<BR/>P~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13403847624491620709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-34962789429215369122007-06-05T11:43:00.000-06:002007-06-05T11:43:00.000-06:00Phelan, Yes but I'm sure you plan your trips and o...Phelan, Yes but I'm sure you plan your trips and optimize your travel time/expense. Sometimes I think that living close to all of the amenities lulls us into a false sense that it's OK to just drive to the store every day or two and to the mall, or wherever because it's just a "quick" trip. It does have an effect, and with gas prices what they are, that effect is greatly felt trust me.<BR/>P~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13403847624491620709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-41489602343711316092007-06-05T11:06:00.000-06:002007-06-05T11:06:00.000-06:00baby steps, exactly. MHO is that it is the surest ...baby steps, exactly. MHO is that it is the surest way to get it into your normal routine. <BR/><BR/>I told another blogger that I can't bike like the rest of you do, it would end up a 2 day trip just to go to the store, but we do ride around to talk with nieghbors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-45820368756138000282007-06-04T23:09:00.000-06:002007-06-04T23:09:00.000-06:00Was it the older generation...or the birds? I swea...Was it the older generation...or the birds? I swear I spend half of every saturday pulling little mulberry trees out of my plant beds.<BR/><BR/>I think what you're doing is inspiring, too. People don't talk enough about how *great* biking (or even playing dominos with the kids) is. There's this weird macho vibe to living green that I think puts lots of people off.<BR/> <BR/>Sunday, some guy a friend of ours knew moved all his stuff from an apartment in the burbs into our neighborhood by bike. I didn't make it all the way, I dropped out after about 4 miles (nobody told me how far it was before I got there so I didn't have a rain jacket or my helmet or *shoes*), but this crazy group of like 30 people came out with trailers to help. They used a Bikes That Work trailer to move a twin sized mattress & box spring 16 miles. It was amazing to see just the beginning, it was like being in a parade, kids waved at us as we went by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-53869159914353597522007-06-04T11:51:00.000-06:002007-06-04T11:51:00.000-06:00Eva, Inspiring? Me? Awe Shucks... thank you!.It is...Eva, <BR/>Inspiring? Me? Awe Shucks... thank you!.<BR/>It is great to find all the little treasures in your neighborhood. In our last home, my family and I took a lot of walks around, and found blackberry bushes all over the place. I guess that an older generation must have loved the things and everyone planted them along their back fences. We could walk through the alleys and come home with a bucket full every couple of days. (After asking the owners, and promising to drop off some finished jams of course.) The best one I thought was, and don't get grossed out by this, we took a lot of walks around a huge cemetary near our house. The cemetary had planted plum trees as decorative borders around their edges probably thirty years ago and they were huge and had so much fruit on them we collected them and made plum jelly. MMMMM just thinking about it makes my mouth water. It had an almost irridescent red color to it and we named it "Tombstone Jelly".<BR/>I hope to get to the asparagus today or tomorrow. Watch for it.<BR/>P~<BR/><BR/>P.S. did you by chance see my post about the Deseret Industries thrift store? I found the trailer I was talking about there.P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13403847624491620709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-4423084378315746572007-06-04T11:26:00.000-06:002007-06-04T11:26:00.000-06:00I love reading your blog! It is very inspiring. I ...I love reading your blog! It is very inspiring. I appreciate your honesty. Like you said, baby steps. I'm sure very few people could make so many changes all at once. One step at a time. Isn't it amazing what you see when you 'slow down'? I'd love to see the wild asparagus. Several summers ago, we were walking through an overgrown residential alley here in Seattle, and we found a huge wild raspberry bush, and some wild mint. MMMM Treasures. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading more about your LIW adventures.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268234134454049531noreply@blogger.com