Carefree and Carless: girl without a car

Dubious that I could haul 32 lbs of peat moss on my bike?!

2010-03-06T17:01:00.008-07:00

Went to the garden shop to buy some peat moss. Since I was there, figured I'd go all out and buy the big one. I pulled up on my bike at the pick up area and the service guy looks at me, turns around,, walks back in, comes back, out, gawks.WHAT?! Lemme guess, never seen someone haul on a bike. Or is it that I'm a chick?! Both?! He still has his mouth hanging open. I ask him how he is with my best

Garden Time!

2010-03-06T14:01:00.003-07:00

This is what we have growing so far:Basil: Fino VerdeSpinach and Salad Mixes

i'm still here and i'm still me

2010-03-06T13:11:00.006-07:00

wow, i knew it'd been a while, but almost a year?!I really should write more...meh...this blog sucks. Writing's ok, but the template is drab and for some reason, makes me think of morning breath. EW!Ok, just got a "new look". It's not like there's 80 choices, so for now, it'll do. Better than the washed out pastelly polka dots that lived here before.Now, that that is changed...what else? Hm, not

Today, I celebrated your life...

2009-03-21T15:03:00.010-06:00

...by planting a garden. Each time I water the deep chocolate soil, inhaling su aroma café cola'o... When I caress its lush green life, savoring its earthy frutas frescas... As the cool blue respite, hangs sparkling rainbows entre las hojas... A bittersweet smile will paint my soul, weaving colores de ayer y hoy... And flowering joy grows fresh and intense,blooming with coqueteo en mi

CARS STINK!!

2009-01-25T09:01:00.001-07:00

hey move it, hey shove it.my bike is rad, I love it.your car stinks, i don't think,that we should breath more of it.that toxic shit hangs in the air,ain't never going anywhere.why you want to spend your money,just to give me cancer honey?

Home for the Holidays

2008-12-26T17:02:00.002-07:00

My family starts celebrating all our libra and scorpio birthdays in October and early November. Then, the official navidades start the day after Thanksgiving (and NO, this has nothing to do with Black Friday and everything to do with Puerto Ricans having party in our blood). In December, there are Aguinaldos from the 17th - 24th, Nochebuena (Xmas Eve), Navidad (Xmas Day)on the 25th, on December

Today IS NOT the time to be soft spoken!!

2008-11-04T08:25:00.001-07:00

Ghost Bike...a week later

2008-09-30T08:09:00.004-06:00

Ghost Bike

2008-09-22T08:18:00.005-06:00

In memory of Matthew G. Powell, fellow cyclist. Boulder, CO - 19 September 2008

I'm not the only feminist who has a problem with Palin

2008-09-20T10:19:00.003-06:00

Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist best known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah Palin: _________I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for Polar Bears.

School district criticized for plans to add U-shaped racks

2008-09-09T08:17:00.002-06:00

School district criticized for plans to add U-shaped racks Officials: The racks are simple, sturdy, affordable By Vanessa Miller (Contact) Monday, September 8, 2008 Inverted-U racks 101 -Shape: They look like upside-down U's or lower-case N's. Support: There is one simple element to the rack, which can support two bicycles. How to: A rider can lock the rear wheel

And when you don't know, you obviously don't

2008-09-09T07:52:00.003-06:00

Are you fucking kidding me?!I completely disgusted that Sarah Palin touts herself a feminist! To open your mouth and "take a stand on issues" does not mean you are a feminist unless your issues speak to and protect the needs and rights of women. Someone, please give this woman a dictionary...better yet, a course in feminism b/c i think she's confused!How does pushing to ban sex ed, birth control

When You Know, You Know

2008-07-11T09:16:00.001-06:00

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.' " -C.S. Lewis

Golden Celebrates: Sells Beer...on Sunday

2008-07-06T12:39:00.002-06:00

(07 July 2008 - Golden, CO) Residents of Golden awoke to early morning thunder, hissing winds, roaring waters and the smoky smell of...BBQ?!... as Coloradans from all over the state congregated at the entrance of the Coors complex to wash out the bitter taste of a decades-old “blue law”. The heart of town pounded harder as thousands of beer fans flooded over fences and makeshift camps sprung up

Buh-bye Blue Law

2008-07-06T09:37:00.002-06:00

PARTY FOUL! The gang is coming over to watch the game and you forgot to restock the brewskies!DAMMIT! You're having the the in-laws over for Sunday brunch and want to impress them with Mimosas, but your bubbly is flat!BUMMER DUUDE! Your buds are coming over to listen to your new PHISH tapes, but Mountain Sun doesn't sell growlers on Sundays!NO SCORE! That hot chick from the library finally took

Oh oh oh oh oh oh...you don't have to go oh oh oh oh oh

2008-06-21T16:39:00.005-06:00

You know, I really love Community Cycles events even the ones (lots of them) that require I get up at the ass crack of dawn to set up (ok, so why the Led Zep reference? i'm getting there...i'm getting there).So, back to the story...woke up at 5 today and spent all day selling re-cycles...vintage cruisers to be exact. Around 9, this guy tells me....hey, Robert Plant is here riding around on a

Conflict of Interest

2008-05-09T09:36:00.003-06:00

"A situation in which a person has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties as, say, a public official, an employee, or a professional."

Appreciation

2008-05-06T20:58:00.003-06:00

Nothing like non-stop busting your ass for something then getting passed over when an opportunity arises.

Summer Is So Close I Can Taste It!

2008-05-04T20:16:00.003-06:00

SuperGRR!

2008-05-02T17:28:00.002-06:00

Yeah New York!

2008-04-22T08:40:00.000-06:00

Hooooo-ray! I love NY! It's fun and alive and no car is needed, but most of all...i can't wait to see Cathy and Cherie and V and Nat!!!! Seeing all my girls makes NY rock even harder! Can't wait!

Garden

2008-04-22T08:27:00.003-06:00

Ah Spring! Time for the garden.We've been diligently prepping, planting, weeding and watering. We already ate our first bit of fresh picked spinach.We got taters, 3 different carrots, broccoli, cabbage, spinach, several types of lettuce, garlic and onions. This year is gonna be the best garden ever.

lazy morning

2008-03-30T10:21:00.011-06:00

.thickfrostysugarswirls.glitterair.silverstreak.congealedpurpleominous greypearly blanket quiet before npr. dreamy, bed-warmed. roll over.sleepy half smile. (yes!) dubbs(sleepy)curled up.ninaprecariously hanginoffbed. stretches further. long yawn.sleepy defiant glance...(guess who'll be cross if you make it wake up time?). ninargoyle wins.Roll over.snuggle up to sleepy1/2smile...kissboth1/

Because, I will NEVER forget...

2008-03-21T00:00:00.010-06:00

...and, it's still really hard to remember without tears.

Community Cycles in Boulder County Business Report

2008-01-08T08:06:00.000-07:00

Community Cycles' program lets inmates fix, keep bikes By Beth Edwards January 4, 2008 -- BOULDER - For inmates in the work release program at the Boulder County Sheriff's Department, finding a reliable means of transportation to go to and from work has been a challenge. Last year that problem was made easier by Community Cycles - a Boulder-based

WHAT?! You don't drive?!

2007-10-05T19:24:00.003-06:00

(From The Daily Camera) No drive to drive: Some folks don't bother with a driver's licenseBy Cindy Sutter (Contact) Friday, November 23, 2007 Wanda Pelegrina Caldas chooses not to drive, but to ride a bike. She is on her way to help Community Cycles, a group collecting bicycles to send to Africa.Joy Swanson has been known to carry a child's wading pool on her back from a grocery store across

Some things last a lifetime

2007-08-28T21:34:00.000-06:00

Our moment's gone.

Bikes Rock!

2007-08-26T12:30:00.000-06:00

"Every car a murder, every bicycle a love affair"

Sometimes...Isolation

2007-08-25T10:28:00.001-06:00

sometimes, i just wanna be alone. no, i'm not mad. i'm not sad and i don't need/ want cheering up. oh and is it really necessary to say, "come on don't be a party pooper. we were busy today too" or ask "what's the matter? waht can i do to make it better". nothing is the matter except i am feeling and wanna be antisocial. nothing personal against you unless you keep insisting and make me make it

It's a bird. It's a plane! No, it's grouchy.

2007-07-19T23:33:00.000-06:00

This sucks a big fat goat's ass or a big fat goat ass whichever you prefer. As of late, I am the reigning queen of stuck at the airport. In December, the Colorado snowstorms stranded me in Chicago for 3 days. Today, I am in Atlanta's suck ass airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (what kind of name is that?! Could they not decide between H-J and AIA and they just decided to

Summer Seduction

2007-06-21T10:35:00.000-06:00

Eyes closed to blinding Sun. Face tipped upward to penetrating rays. Melt me lest Pool fulfill it's liquid promise. Sweat drips, drops, sizzles. Yoopromszzdyoodszaavvuszsszz! Rivulets evaporate. Lucky few return to Big Puddle.Siren beckons me too. Lids closed, but barely escaping seduction. I too long for cool blue embrace. I'm a masochist. I can wait.Teasing light blue breeze.

Media Hype

2007-05-10T09:32:00.000-06:00

It's disgusting how the media plays on our emotions to get ratings. It enrages me that the instant that they get even the teensiest lead, they start working on ways to milk that information and spew it out at us without even having a full story.Between 6 and 6:30 this morning, a food service employee spotted 2 men dressed in camouflage and ski masks inside of Boulder High. At that point, police

Carmageddon

2007-05-07T20:03:00.000-06:00

"The automobile has not merely taken over the street, it has dissolved the living tissue of the city. Its appetite for space is absolutely insatiable; moving and parked, it devours urban land, leaving the buildings as mere islands of habitable space in a sea of dangerous and ugly traffic." -James Marston Fitch, historic preservationist (1909-2000)

Is it Me?

2007-05-04T18:04:00.000-06:00

Have you ever looked in the mirror and not recognized the person looking back at you? Then, you wonder where you went and how this different person stepped into the mirror without being noticed.

In An Old Journal*

2007-04-27T15:55:00.000-06:00

He always fed me lines. When i confronted him with it, he said "...well, it won't interfere with your poetically balanced diet."*V gave me this journal (with a sunflower block print by Henry Evans on the front) 27 Oct 1998.

Something Nice To Offset The Bad

2007-04-16T21:43:00.000-06:00

I wore an awesome necklace that V's mom MADE for ME last Xmas. Wearing beautiful jewelry that was made for me by someone special makes my day! It felt like a hug from her all day. :)

WHAT A DAY?!

2007-04-16T21:11:00.000-06:00

Is it Monday or what?! So many fucked up things going on today. In order:#1 - and taking the cake by a long shot (does a long shot refer to shooting? if so, excuse that pun).First of all, what goes through someone's head to make him gun down 32 people them commit suicide? It just blows my (argh, sorry didn't intend that pun) but seriously? How disturbed or angry or distraught or something can you

Falling (out)

2007-03-27T16:53:00.000-06:00

She was young, but old enough to know that the earth didn't revolve around her life. Still, sometimes she wished that time would stand still for them. That he and she never had anything else to distract them from each other, but in truth...she was in a lonely relationship and he thought everything was fine.She never really knew if she loved him even though those little crinkly smile lines

Falling (in)

2007-03-27T16:51:00.000-06:00

She remembered every minute, every scent, every word, every feeling. As if time had stopped, only he and she revolved around each other. There were so many distractions, but not a one caught their attention...they were too full of each other.She was instantly smitten. She never quite forgot that shy sparkle in his eye nor could she remember what had made her feel happiness before then. She

Community Cycles Open House

2007-03-26T15:10:00.000-06:00

Community Cycles Open HouseSaturday, March 31st, 10am - 8pmVisit our new shop - 2805 Wilderness Place, suite 1000 north off of Goose Creek path, just south of Boulder Beer. See Google Map Come acquire new skills or show off some advanced wrenching. Watch and hear about the trajectory of our bikes to Ghana, Africa! Community Cycler, Anthony Hannagan will tell you all about his trip to Ghana and

SPRING!

2007-03-26T13:31:00.000-06:00

FIIINNNNNAAALLLY!!!! Bye Bye Jack Frost! Lil Jack sure has been feisty this winter. He did far more than his share of nipping at my nose, cheeks, ears, fingers and toes this winter. In fact, he quite overstepped his bounds by jumping under my clothes several times this February.If you've been braving the weather (especially if you biked all winter long like me) it seems that this winter was 300

I can't believe how vicious and self righteous uninformed people can be

2007-02-08T17:22:00.000-07:00

It's incredible the kind of stupid things that come from the mouths/ fingers of those who are uninformed! Community Cycles is an awesome non-profit organization of which I am a part! We run programs that help low-income individuals gain access to bicycles for sustainable means of transporation and recreation.I won't go into a drawn out description of what exactly we do, but you can browse our

You ARE NOT an environmentalist if you burn oil!

2007-02-02T20:36:00.001-07:00

I am so tired of environmentalist hypocrisy. If you drive a car...sorry, you might as well just pound more nails into this planet's coffin. The automobile industry and the industries that, literally, fuel it are among the most polluting industries in the world (and no, i am not sorry for that pun). I was barely15; Exxon Valdez was busy polluting the Alaska coastline. It was all over the news