Notices by BarbChamberlain (barbchamberlain@toot.community)

Need a stress break? Maybe improv is just the thing. If you're in Olympia, WA, come to recruitment rehearsal 3/26 for new family-friendly troupe forming now! Is it Improv-OH-lee or im-PROV-uh-lee? Yes, yes it is! https://www.improvoly.com/recruitment-rehearsal

#OlyWA #improv #ImprovOly #OlympiaWA #comedy #laugh #WhoseLineIsItAnyway

In the midst of [waves hands] all this I still find delight in every day. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/02/february-delights.html

#delight #attitude #life #BikeTooter #nature #birds #cooking #recipes #flowers #moss

Another post on advocacy and the legislative process: Actions You Can Take for Active Transportation: Following a Bill. https://bikestylelife.com/2025/01/12/actions-you-can-take-for-active-transportation-following-a-bill/

#advocacy #activism #legislature #AdvocacyMatters #legislation #politics #PublicPolicy #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #ActiveTransport #ActiveTransportation

"They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving."
-- Rebecca Solnit

#hope #RebeccaSolnit #power #action #activism #community #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters

A poem we could all use right about now: "Hokusai Says" by Roger Keyes. An excerpt:

He says don’t be afraid.
Don’t be afraid.
Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.
Let life live through you.

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/11/roger-keyes-hokusai-says.html

#poetry #poem #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #RogerKeyes #Hokusai #KatsushikaHokusai #PoetryOfPresence

I've put 3,165 miles on my e-bike since purchasing Zelda in 2019. At federal mileage rate = >$2,100 in avoided car costs. She's paid for herself. (Yes, I know I could go back and use specific per diem rate for each year I've owned her but I didn't track mileage that closely and I'm going to figure I'm just adjusting for inflation.) I could likely sell her for nearly what I paid, which I wouldn't do. Any such calculus apply to vehicle use or resale value? Nope.
#EBikes #BikeTooter

“You just need a committed passionate fanatic minority to lead a society over a cliff.” --Charles Simic

Quote found thanks to Jason Anthony's Field Guide to the Anthropiscene. https://open.substack.com/pub/jasonanthony/p/over-the-cliff-620?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2t69m

#politics #environment #elections #Trump #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #biodiversity #EPA #ESA #EndangeredSpecies #ParisAccord #BigOil

Please boost!

Age 50+? Take this survey about your bike-riding and contribute to research: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7706636/50-Cycling-Survey-Year-5. If you take Part 2 you get to evaluate various infrastructure types, what you'd do, and comfort level.

#BikeTooter #BikeNite #cycling #BikeCommuting #BikeEverywhere #BikeLife #BikeLove #CycleSport #transportation #infrastructure #RoadSafety

I came very late to watching the series Grimm. I'm in the next to last season. Former elected official here, and can I just say they needed script consultants who actually know something about running a political campaign?

#Grimm #TV #politics #FictionalPolitics

(About everyday driving): "There’s absolutely nothing fun about that. My e-bike changes that completely. It’s all the fun of riding your bike that you remember as a kid, except you can actually go places and do things." -Collin Woodward in Jalopnik
https://jalopnik.com/i-bought-an-e-bike-and-its-now-my-entire-personality-1851039791
#BikeTooter #EBikes #cycling #CollinWoodward #Jalopnik #driving #BicyclesChangeLives