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March 2009 Blog Posts (10)

A Great Day at the Garden!

What's the big smile about? That's Ron Chandler smiling at me at the McRorie Community Garden on the 24th. Ron's been in Asia, as you all may have read on his blog. I've been in the thin air of Crested Butte, CO. You can click on the photo above to see the set.

Here's my… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 29, 2009 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

I am so R-A-D!

Dear Diary,

this morning I took my first fixed gear ride to work. I survived. It was pretty fun.

Added by pete korhonen on March 27, 2009 at 3:32am — 1 Comment

Coming back to the Garden

I've been out of town a good while now. Just got back. Today, I'll head out to the garden and see how my plants have fared. I hear rumors that it's like armageddon. Spring planting here I come.

I needed a Gibson fix yesterday when I got here but the lib was closed, so I tried Google Books Good thing it's there - not complete books, but enough to take the edge off…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 24, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Food for the Heart

Lisa DeLoach gave me a copy of Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah at the hostel in Portland. She said she'd finished it and liked to pass things like that on. I have enjoyed it ever… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 22, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Gators, Jon boats and Kayaks!

Springtime is coming! The snow is melting (not in Florida!). I biked down to Lake Sybelia, here in Maitland, FL yesterday and caught this sunset photo with an iPhone camera. Click on the photo to see more sunsets from this ride and other days...

A neighbor had a garage sale and look what showed up! It's a 10' Jon boat. Weighs in at… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 21, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Biking in Florida

The orange blossoms are in bloom. And, the weather is spectacular. Sunsets? Like you've never seen before...

A bicycle is one of the best ways to experience nature at its fullest. After a long days work, I rode out to a nearby lake to watch the sunset. No fancy camera necessary. I caught this fiery sunset with an iPhone. I was recently in Crested Butte, Colorado... Read the rest… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 20, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Perhaps the spring is coming after all

Howdy all,

nice Wednesday afternoon was turning into the evening and I had decied that I will take my Single Speed Atala to the streets of Helsinki for the first time 2009. I was in our buildings bike cellar filling the tires, when a neighbour, apparently moving out from the building, rushed in to the cellar. He greeted me, took a quick look around, sighted and mumbled: "... oh that one, dammit, I cannot fit it into my cargo any more, I guess it has to go the garbage then".

I… Continue

Added by pete korhonen on March 20, 2009 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

The Workingman's Friend

In honor of St. Patrick's…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 18, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Field of Greens

"Last year, Googling “Houston” and “organic,” Marcella Murff found the Last Organic Outpost’s Web site. She admired the photos and the philosophy, but it was Joe’s poetry that really caught her attention — poems that praise “planting seeds of change” and “building micro-communities of living soil.” Who was this guy?

She drove to the Emile Street farm, the biggest of Last Organic’s two… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 17, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments