One more post about bikes

I’ll get back to writing about farming soon, I promise!  Just a little update on the biking scene because the Alleycat Acres fundraising ride was last weekend. Thanks to all your generous donations, I raised $350 to contribute to the cause.  Alleycat Acres was aiming for $6K and I think they beat $10K but I’m [...]

Sponsor my ride! Admire my attire!

If you read my last post, you know that I’m planning on riding the Alleycat Acres fundraising bike ride in March.  Since we are now just over a month away, I better get moving on the fundraising part. So, here goes!! I figure if you give me money, you ought to get a little something [...]

Shifting gears.

Question:  What is to driving a car as farming is to working in a cubicle? What mode of transportation gets you out into the open air and makes you feel connected to the world the way growing your own food does?   If by farming you create your own sustenance, what allows you to create your [...]

Injury and healing

So… I hurt myself a couple weeks ago. Nothing too major but even so it was enough to teach me a couple of lessons. Such as:

1. Be aware. I bruised myself up by taking a spill on slippery railroad tracks as I was biking to Ballard. It’s an area of the trail that I’ve ridden over a million times, I was in a hurry, my mind was elsewhere, and before I knew it my tire hit the tracks wrong and slid out from underneath me.

My current mode of transportation to the farm.

This is my new bike aka “Frenchy.”  Got it from a guy on Craigslist and I loooove it so far!  It is a lot lighter and more fun to ride than my Marin hybrid.  It is a French frame — the brand is Gitane — hence the nickname. This cute little bike has been doing [...]