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RAGBRAI 2
As I wrote previously, RAGBRAI is the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, and a number of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Quakers are participating in this year’s ride. I didn’t mention that both Don and David Mott, in yesterday’s photo, … Continue reading
RAGBRAI
When it comes to bicycling, RAGBRAI is not only the biggest event in Iowa, but the largest bike-touring event in the world. The (Des Moines) Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) is a non-competitive bicycle ride across the … Continue reading
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Bicycle 7/21/2017
18 mile trip on bike trail. Went early because excessive heat warning. http://cyclemeter.com/4702d557707978f4/Cycle-20170721-0818 Felt the exertion by the time I reached the top of the hill. Was glad to notice the Relaxation Station, so rested there a while. I’ve been … Continue reading
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Bicycle Tracking App
Now that I’m using a bicycle much more, I was looking for a phone app to tack the bicycle trips. The one I’m using now is Cyclemeter from ABVIO. As a programmer, I’m fascinated by one way a bicycle journey … Continue reading
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Ethical Transportation
The following is an example of how Quakers work together as a spiritual community. As those who know me know, and I’ve written about many times, nearly forty years ago I was led to live without a personal automobile. That … Continue reading
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BIKE/AFSC/FCNL/IYMC
This photo was taken at Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)’s Midyear Meeting this spring at Bear Creek meeting, outside Earlham, Iowa. These representatives of Quaker organizations illustrate ways Friends are providing witness for environmental justice with alternatives to personal … Continue reading
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Bicycles as Witness
Those who know me know I was led, almost 40 years ago, to give up having a personal automobile, and the many blessings that resulted in my life as a result. Including nearly daily running, and making it possible to … Continue reading
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First time bicycle at Bear Creek
I know that riding a bicycle to Quaker meeting is not a new idea. Some meetinghouses, including Des Moines Valley Friends, have bicycle racks. The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) offices in Washington, DC, have bicycle racks, showers and … Continue reading
Nahko–Prayer is the most G thing you can do homey
Below is a clip from Nahko Bear’s performance at the Black Hills Unity Concert, September, 2017, for the Black Hills, the Earth, and all her people. Honoring the sacred. Where my warriors at? And so I feel like what has … Continue reading
Application for Spiritual Warriors
Yesterday I wrote about how my spiritual life had been radicalized. As the examples in that post, of the work at the Kheprw Institute and the global Indigenous peoples response to support the water protectors at Standing Rock show, a … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 