Since moving to Portland, Maine, I’m becoming more interested in bike commuting and bike touring. Today, I found a piece from NPR’s All Things Considered radio program. In it, they spoke with a blogger/writer named The Bike Snob, who talks about riding in NYC. He and the producers of the piece also spoke with cyclists and city officials about the [...]

I really would like to get rid of my car. While I like my dear old 2001 Subaru Outback, this particular car has given me nothing but trouble since I bought it. I’m still about $8000 in the hole on it, and have at least $1000 in repairs to do to it. Add in insurance and registration, and there’s a [...]

I have a hard time staying in one place. I used to think that my apparent inability to remain living in one place for more than a few years at a time was a fault, an annoying idiosyncrasy, or an indicator of a more serious issue. I almost believed that I kept moving because I was running: from ex-girlfriends, from [...]