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Would you have any vague idea on: - the speed of travel on such a bike off road - if taking a bike with such tyres on a tarmac road occasionally is with great detriment to the tyres? Bicycle is up there at the peak of human invention, among a few other ones. I'm on a fat bike that probably weighs i...

@theanimal: It's cool to imagine creeks and rivers frozen over. I've never seen that with my own eyes. With the garden beds free of snow, does this mark the start of the grow season for you? Do you already have plants growing inside or are you getting prepared to plant the beds? I try my best to app...

Bikepacking and staying at Quail Haven I've felt a sense of freedom the last few days, biking along with AH on the start of our bike trip. It's amazing how far one can pedal in a day and then pull off somewhere to find a beautiful wild camp spot for free. It's nice not having to fuss with a car, or...

I did a lot of short prototype rides at QH. That was helpful for making small adjustments, like gear interfering with pedaling and such. So far, I think I packed too warm. We'll mostly be in the desert and I think my warm clothes and sleep system are warmer than I need. Without food, my storage capa...

@guitarplayer and @ Western Red Cedar: Both of you describe the cycle or phases of traveling/being rooted which I certainly resonate with. While right now I'm having a bunch of fun with new experiences, that I hope will inform future choices and personal growth, I know I don't want to be on the road...

April Update Last week, we moved out of our intentional community that we lived at for the past couple of years. The past week, we have been visiting friends and family in Southern Oregon. We got to meet up with mountainFrugal for a walk in Southern Oregon! I appreciate being able to pull on the de...

(**) Fe-types in particular will often desire to "have a conversation" to get to know you. This is likely to see what kind of emoting you're doing with your face or voice intonation based on the conversation. This is not necessarily a conscious research project on their part, but rather a...

The quote is a good reminder for myself. I have to some degree questioned my inner resources (Plotkin's facets of wholeness) from the perspective that I have too many subpersonalities or wounded/fragmented parts to be whole. Though, I find when I do lean into what wholeness I have cultivated, I find...

On Sunday, we had our last MMG meeting for the Plotkin book Wild Mind. The thread of interest in Plotkin for me is still there. I have also read lately, Lectures on Jung's Typology and Man and His Symbols . It helps me realize how much Plotkin has incorporated from Jungian depth psychology, with add...

I've never been to/through Madras even though I've lived in Oregon my entire life! I really appreciate the access to nature/wide open space and lower housing prices in Madras, I forget that towns in Oregon can be cheaper than the 2 places I've mostly lived, Eugene and Ashland (average houses sell ab...

Finally, interactions that need to be planned out have a sizeable barrier to entry - at least for an introvert like me :lol: I love having fires in the backyard with my friends, but I will usually default to messing about in the garage, or reading. It's just easier. For me, it's the grown-up versio...

The separate living units reduces a lot of potential social friction. Sharing meals can be a great and natural way to build community. It's nice you can be patient and explore different communities while also having the option to scale it up yourself and have others join. I've really enjoyed gardeni...

It's cool you're looking into intentional communities! What do you hope for with community living?

It's nice to hear your efforts to best use the property you have for homesteading/gardening and considering if a change would be best in the long term.

For example, what would the same places look like focused on smaller objects? (e.g. a cup of coffee, a post ski meal, your cycling water bottle, etc. Zoom in AND zoom out. Then mix and match. Endless. Have fun and thank you for sharing. This is great, I'm adding this to my art tools! I like the ide...

It's inspiring to see the natural refocusing around your side hustle. It makes me imagine a life of function and flexibility.

I think I'd prefer lonely slot canyons so I'll need to ask where those ones are! Was this your first time seeing the big puddle at Death Valley?

March Update Art: Lately, I've been journaling and sketching a lot in journals I stitch myself. They are so easy to make! An intention of mine is to sketch and journal everyday. The journaling comes easy, but the sketching can sometimes be harder to motivate. I'm having more success now with a more...

@grundomatic: Yeah, I feel like improv doesn't come as easy to NiFe. My Ni leans more towards focused than improvisational and I found at the Fest improv workshop, drawing a blank about what to say in the moment (Ni) and then brain running on overdrive considering what everyone around me would think...

Ni: Whereas the Ti will internally represent information as 10 blackboards side-by-side, Ni will represent it with 10 glass panes that Ni simultaneously sees through for similarities and insight. Ni assumes that "when A is approximately structurally equivalent to B, then A approxmiately behave...

@jacob: Yeah, I agree from the couple of interviews I've gone to at bike shops they more or less just want to know what you can and can't repair. The idea of upcycling bicycles and even later on having a small mobile bike repair gig is really appealing to me. I was talking to someone with a mobile b...

@Cam: It's helpful to hear what you got out of volunteering at the bike shop. There are currently a lot of gaps in my repair skills right now. I think having a base from a curriculum like this class could be really helpful. Maybe to some degree a bike repair book could substitute for the curriculum ...