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Category Archives: Urban
08-Here
What do we mean by beauty? Why pursue beauty? Where is beauty found? How does one practice the virtue of beauty?
Truth, beauty, goodness, unity, love, life, and spirit are #transcendental values.
02-Town
Here they sat at a social breakfast table–all of the same calling, all of kindred tastes–looking round as sheepishly at each other as though they had never been out of sight of some sheepfold among the Green Mountains.
Chapter 5: Breakfast – Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Coffee drinking in the morning is what makes getting up in the morning such a pleasure, makes life worth living. And coffee gets one moving, and you know: moving is good for you.
01-Ofon
Today I would have been riding this LiveWire electric motorcycle (100 hp) if it hadn’t been raining cats & dogs. Rescheduled for Tuesday. (That’s my 35 hp KLR650 behind it.)
Anyway, let us rejoice in the blessings of nature, including electricity.l
26-Sent
Why the electric vehicle charger? Because Gary is sold on the environmental benefits of electrifying transportation. And he’s looking at ways to contribute more toward easing the climate crisis by making the use of battery powered vehicles more convenient.
25-Sanj
After he got up I asked how he was feeling. “Terrible,” he said, “hurt my wrist.” Then he ran up to the car which had pulled aside a few feet ahead on Curtner.
I was ambivalent about getting more involved because although the driver was at fault, it was the bicyclist who ran into the car.
15-Cent
Meticulous record keeping of daily routines is prescribed for useful feedback; the checked habits suggest adjustments pointing in the right direction, toward enlightenment.
13-Plot
There’s no way that a map can predict all pitfalls & problems or all pleasant surprises. A map is a metaphor that can point to but not capture the actual journey itself. A map is seen through; the journey is lived through.
Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance