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Car-free family, for the moment

October 8, 2009

Our mechanic called today to read our van its last rites. I’m not really in any kind of financial position this week to buy a new car, or even a new-to-me car. I’m just getting out of debt, and starting to put aside an emergency fund. It has an impressive $500 in it. I am [...]

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The gift of 'princesses', no batteries needed

June 19, 2009

My mother gave Rio a bicycle for her birthday. A purple bicycle covered with Disney Princess decals. Safe to say, this was her dream bike, long awaited. She spent many winter afternoons sitting on Nana’s lap fantasizing about the bike that would magically appear to her when she turned five. So of course my mom [...]

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Biking with kids: what bike to choose

June 14, 2009

So all the discussion of biking with kids has given me some exciting new options to consider. Right now, I have a two-seater Burley trailer that I use almost every day to haul my kids around, and a tag-along tandem attachement for Rio. I think these two things will get us through the summer. But [...]

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Dangerous cycling: the controversy continues

June 11, 2009

Regular readers of this journal know that I bike with my kids. A lot. In traffic.
This is a more controversial subject than I would ever have imagined. I have spent a lot of the past 24 hours discussing it politely.
At the end of all that polite discussion, I took my five-year-old to pick up our [...]

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Go play in traffic: Bicycle Safety on Busy Roads

June 4, 2009

A friend just posted a link to a great site about bicycle safety. I can’t recommend strongly enough giving this clear, simple page a read. Especially if, like me, you have a crazy habit of putting your kids in harms way, er, riding your bike with your kids.
To my knowledge, there are two basic camps [...]

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Please do not shout at my bicycle

April 27, 2009

Dear Concerned Citizens,
Please do not shout insults or parenting advice at me as I am biking past your car on a city street with my kids in tow. Your fear for my children’s safety is truly touching. However, if you pause for a moment, you may realize that taking your own attention away from the [...]

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Today's Gift

February 1, 2009

Weather warm enough to ride,
brings Rio and I flying
on our shiny-not-shiny-now-its-muddy
three-wheeled bicycle-train
The sun is bright and she’s singing
A lot of people, people who don’t know us,
Stare like something unusual is happening
Like my whole life is not accompanied by her
Wild voice lifted up in song
“Little birds, come out of the trees
Come out to the air
Don’t say [...]

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I win at life

October 23, 2008

Today came home from work around 5. We hung out for twenty minutes, and as we started planning dinner, I realized I’d forgotten to pick up our farm share. So I threw the baby in the trailer and biked over to Fresh Pond to get it. We made it there just in time, and [...]

Tagged as: bike, food, homeschooling, house project

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