the electric bike hacker

An interesting article on the movement towards e-bikes and hacking/ converting your personal bike. While I prefer pedal power alone on my bike due to the non trusting of the electrical grid I give these inventive minds a one-up..
While some sort of auto-powering is worthwhile as I get older I would personally use a small gas/ ethanol motor for assistance if I were to want this availability and have a need for it. I have seen several of these and have thought of a conversion for the dumpie bike as time allows. But alas one of the many yet unstarted projects that Trash has contemplaed
Check out the article here and then check out this video for what I am also contemplating

free Turkey day stuff

While I went to a wellness faire on Tuesday, Trash signed up for a door prize raffle on the way in. I also gathered a recycled shopping bag with gobs of freeebies and schwag snacks, pens, trinkets etc to bring home. Yesterday I was informed that I had won one of the door prizes (a $25 gift card to King Soopers grocery store)
It just so happens that tomorrow (saturday) between 12-5 our local KS is having a pre-holiday open house with door prizes, free snacks and giveaways..
Guess where I will will be going. Front door shopping for Thanksgiving dinner using the gift card and snagging anything I can.
Even though it is expeced to be a cooler day I will def be able to take the dumpie bike over to pick up the goodies.
I checked on the greens that I moved onto the porch and into the garage studio and they are doing ok. Darn will I ever be able to not have collards, mustards, and lettuce.. I know I should not complain because braised greens with onions is wonderful.

first snow at the stead

real light. and not real cold. But its nice.. Sausage and fried taters for supper. Neighbor brought us some onions and cabbages. Yummy.
Hope all is well with yall

a new addition to the garage studio

This afternoon I rearranged the garage studio to accomodate a small couch that was removed from the main house, for more comfortable working. I can now lie down while writing or producing. Makes for a more comfortable environment. I also snagged on to an old square dog cage for storage and to use as a coffee table to rest my beer, drink, ashtray etc on.

Living simply

voluntary simplicity

VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY: The Poetic Alternative to Consumer Culture (24 min) from NO WAY Productions on Vimeo.

the Holiday season is coming

And its been in the 50s to 70s during the day and down to the 30s at night.. good sleeping weather but lousy for growing. The greens are still producing but will prob only last a few more weeks. We are using the squash and fruits from the summer.
But alas they will need to be replenished come spring with a bigger crop. The side biz is slowing down so I have more free time on my hands to get some other chores and work done.
Hopefully the side biz's will pick up so I can use the proceeds tograb some new goodies for the holidays kids treats. We shall see. The kids are already giving ol Trash the lists of stuff they would like to see. At least its early enough to try and obtain.
Anyhow the turkeys sre on sale now at between 5 to 8 bucks so wilol be grabbing a few for the freezer. And the biggest one will be used for Tgiving. I love that part .
The pumpkins from Hallows eve will be diced and pureed this weekend for pie and bread thru the holidays. Anyhow hope all is well with y'all.
We will talk this weekend. I am in the garage studio working on some projects for clients. As always comments are appreciated.