If I had only had one of these, my beloved TREK 850 wouldn’t have been stolen way back in 1998, in San Francisco: Even there, bike thieves don’t carry bolt cutters of appropriate strength (and size), I reckon. So, put it onto your wish list for Santa, if...
The mission of trying to get a handful of used bikes together to be transported to Burkina Fasohas been accomplished. And apparently the pre-Christmas season was a good time for such an initiative: Within 48 hours there were almost 30 bikes that people wanted to give...
It’s Advent time and my US ex-house mate just told me that whenever she thinks of me, she also has to think of those Advent calendars that came into the pure-bred US household at the beginning of December. My Mom used to take care of that tradition not having to...
The geese have survived Martinmas – at least almost one hundred of them huddled in the far corner of their enclosure and tried to stay warm despite their flat feet being planted in the snow. Then again, they impressed as sufficiently fat, eh, big birds, so I...
It’s the Holiday Season. It’s the Season of Giving. And that may also mean: It’s the Season of Not Taking Any More of It. E.g. it’s really high time to start an attempt to really come to...
