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It’s a Long Walk When the Brakes Fail

January 30th, 2015 · 2 Comments · rural life

Most winter mornings begin very much the same: start the truck, scrape snow and frost off the truck, drive daughter to the bottom of the driveway in the truck to wait for the school bus. Recently, there was a twist. When I stepped on the brakes, there was hardly anything there. I tried again: My […]

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Leaving the Car at Home

December 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blog, Sustainability

Here’s my gift to planet earth: When I have to run errands, I leave the car in the driveway and walk. We had a couple of books that needed to be returned the the library. That would be the central library here in the District of Columbia, the Martin Luther King Jr. Library downtown. That’s […]

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