This weekend I rode a bike—for the first time in 12 years! I was worried it would be harrowing, but I got over my wobbliness pretty quickly. Jason and I stuck to the Charles River Bike Path most of the way, but there were a few times that we were actually in the road, and it wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be…

I’m catching up on my reading this week, so there’s a lot, varying from household tips to national issues. Read on…

Putting up food is no good if you don’t ever get around to eating it. I tend to have an out-of-sight, out-of-mind problem, so attacking my freezer with this focused mindset is really necessary.

I got a notice this week that NStar has applied for a rate hike for NStar Green, the optional program where people pay extra to support energy generation by renewable sources…. NStar markets the program as if 100% of your electricity will be from renewable sources, and I think it’s this approach that turns people off. It all goes into the same grid, so no electricity is “my” electricity. The premium that I pay only makes a difference if NStar is actually buying more renewable energy because of it. Is that the case?

After reading Eating Animals this week, a lot of my links are food related. I would say enjoy, but it’s a little depressing…