I had to drive around 1500km this past weekend in a rented mini-van. I don’t own a car, so that’s probably more distance than I’ve covered in a motor vehicle in the past 5 years.
Today, back home and on my way to work, there was rather torrential rain, but I was still so thankful to be back on the bike.


Yeah, that’s out. I’m vegan, so no leather for me.
I’m vegan now, at the time I was vegetarian, and they were a coworkers pants he’d bought in the mid 70s, so I justified it as reuse rather than buying new products.
I hear that. I’ve got a down sleeping bag that I feel the same way about. Still kinda makes me feel bad though.