I enjoyed writing Carfree Family. Several things conspired to cause me to stop writing, and at a certain point, I thought I would opt out of the internet altogether. That's when I killed my gmail account, which also took down the blog. I wish I could get it back, but it's still available via Wayback Machine, though they do not have all my posts archived.
I have not been able to shed the internet however, though I mostly follow things through Twitter now. I follow @kentsbike, @lovelybicycle, @ellyblue, @cleverhoods, and others whose Twitter names I cannot recall off the top of my head. Kent Peterson provides a nice aggregation of retweeted biycle related tweets.
I killed Carfree Family partly because we bought a car. We do not use it often, and we plan to sell it when the kids get to college. Right now, it's main valid function is to get my daughter to and from track meets during the school year. As a strong believer in bicycling to get around, I have my doubts about driving around to sporting events. We did not, however, intend for our carfree life to interfere with our childrens' childhood. Maybe a little bit of driving to sports is O.K. Maybe.
I'm still pondering whether to write a blog about simplicity, about trying to find balance, and include a good deal of bicycling related information. Even if no one reads it, I enjoy writing.
Do the work. Don't worry about results.
If I start a simplicity/bicycling/sartorialism-on-a-budget blog, I will probably house it over at One Quiet Breath. I'm not happy with this "almost" blog title.
"I wake up in the morning, fold my hands and pray for rain . . ."
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