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Reuse Rally for the Arts
Call for PIONEER VALLEY ARTISTS! SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 13, 2012 SATURDAY 9-12 AT JFK MIDDLE SCHOOL, 100 BRIDGE RD, FLORENCE REUSE RALLY FOR THE ARTS Artist Showcase and Sale This event will showcase professional artisans who use at least … Continue reading
Why Biking?
I don’t know how it is with you, but for me sitting in a car is like walking on crutches – there is an extra layer, an extra abstraction between me and reality: I can’t I can’t just feel my … Continue reading
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Movie Night: In Transition 2.0
Please come to watch the newly released film : “In Transition 2.0” next Tuesday (August 7) at 7:00 pm at the Bangs Center. It promises to be an excellent, uplifting movie perfect to beat the doldrums of summer and to … Continue reading
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Sustainable Forest Walk
When: August 26, Sunday, 1-3pm (Rain Date: September 16, Sunday, 1-3pm) Where: Leverett road in Shutesbury, before Montague road. Exact location to be announced, and a sign will mark the parking area just off the road. What/Description: During our walk … Continue reading
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Heavy Load
It just so happened, that last weekend I needed to pick up chicken feed, and since I expect grain prices to increase soon due to the drought, I decided to get some extra. So I took the Mundo, and once … Continue reading
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Comparing the Yuba Mundo with Surly’s Big Dummy
So last weekend I grabbed my electric bike with the XtraCycle attachment, and biked over to a friend, who has a Surly Big Dummy. He agreed to swap the two bikes for a short time to allow me to compare … Continue reading
Transporting Bicycles
Not using a car presents simple challenges, that is fun to overcome and makes life more interesting. For me one of them has been how to transport bicycles in various working conditions, while on my bike (from the dump or … Continue reading
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Re-Skilling Medicine
Energetic Strategies for Self-Care We are our own best doctors, a fact that’s often obscured by the magnitude of conflicting health information out there today. In this workshop, led by Doctor of Oriental medicine and author Stella Osorojos Eisenstein, you … Continue reading