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Experiments in Life
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Experiments
Demotorizing my soul
We’re not meant to go that fast. It’s just too hard on the spirit. So I quit air travel. Planted my feet on the ground, tuned up my old bicycle and set my conscience at ease.
First it was a relief. Then it became an adventure.
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Experiments
Do-able ways to harmonize your home with the outside environment
Do-able ways to harmonize your home with the outside environment
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Experiments
Tiny house
Since 1997 Jay Shafer has been living in houses smaller than some people’s bathrooms. A basic description of the place makes it sound attractive: stainless steel counter tops, cathedral ceiling, loft bed. Except for the dimensions: roughly eight feet wide by 12 feet long.
A day in the life of a mad cyclist
Yesterday was the absolute worst cycling commute to work I have had in six and a half years of living in British Columbia! I have biked in various extreme conditions: torrential downpours, high winds, falling snow and icy streets but remind me never to set out when it is plus two with a mixture of snow and rain coming down on a layer of snow and rain already there.