If you have been around for a little bit, you know one of my new favorite things to do is use public transit to get to a hike and/or ride locally. I had been eyeing hikes along SR 20 and it looked like Concrete was as far as I would get by bus so I…
Category: Green
Boycotts Take More Than One Day, Folks
The title of this post was going to be “Why I Am Not Going To Be Boycotting On February 28th” but then decided that wasn’t entirely true so let’s see if this title is more apt. I have been reading the book, Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding The Revolution by Frederick Douglas Opie for…
A Walk In The Kettles Trail System and Fort Ebey Via Public Transit
Editor’s note: I have started 10 blog posts since the last published one but life seems to have accelerated to a rate I can’t keep up with (including me being hit with nasty viral bug and someone hitting my parked car) so they have piled up without being able to exit draft status. However, I…
Leave It Better Than You Found It And Countering The “Othering”
Looking into 2025, you may be like me and wondering how you can be more helpful, make a difference or even counter the “othering” that is happening in our country. Let me help get your mind thinking about how that might look for you. Othering is a way of negating another person’s individual humanity and,…
Have You Taken Public Transit To A Hike Yet?
I am off for winter break and not traveling so I have this little game I like to play called, “How Long Can I Go Without Driving My Car.” It is similar to another game I like, “How Long Can I Go Without Buying Gas.” I last bought gas on December 6th and I drove…
Gather And Reviving First Nations Traditions
I watched a great documentary on Netflix a short while back (okay, maybe it was this summer) and there is no better time to share than Native American Heritage Month. I learned about the movement to restore local native foodways in our country which led me to do a little more research into what that…