Let’s Talk To Get Things Done

It’s not how much media coverage we have, it’s not how much the talking heads in politics go on and on and on and well you get my point.

It boils down to people communicating to one another. Communicating and sharing ideas that are important to each other.

We the everyday people make up the world we live in, yet we hand our lives over to a few individuals that “Know what’s best for us”. Their minds are no clearer than ours, their souls no more divine and their lives no more precious.

Let’s talk, let’s share our ideas with one another again. Share what’s important with each other. Ideas such as family, liberty, and freedom to worship as you choose, equal justice, the pursuit of happiness, enough food on everyone’s table, clean air and water, a safe and caring community. What are your thoughts? Talk to your friends and neighbors. Don’t be silent. Let’s talk to one another until our voices are heard again.

Remember it’s the popular voice that wins.

Profound Quote

I read this very profound quote and then had to read it again just to make sure it was so simple:

"It's all so different since everything's changed." taken from Karen Blue's Midlife Mavericks

I love simple make you think phrases!

Wood Carvers from Erzgebirge

Well the wood carvers from the Erzgebirge region of Germany finally arrived in Akron for the Chriskindl Market. There's four of them and they arrived late Wednesday night from flying all day and came right over from the hotel and started up the lathe! They were turning out bowls and carving all sorts of traditional German figurines and toys. They are amazing to watch!

They will be here until our First Night celebration on New Years Eve!

T. Boone Pickens Saves America

T. Boone Pickens made a lot of money on domestic oil production. Simple said, “I was a good geologist and found a lot of oil reserves.” I like what he says. In simple terms we need to free ourselves from Middle East oil and quickly.

T. Boone is an interesting fellow. In recent interviews one interviewer tried to corner him by asking, “Aren’t you in this just to make money?” T. Boone answered back, “Any business person would hope to make some money, but my standard of living is not going to get any better.” Simply put T. Boone isn’t in this for purely self serving interests.

T. Boone found that in the middle of the USA from southern to northern boarder we have some of the strongest most “consistent” chartable winds in the world. He is moving ahead with establishing a chain of wind farms there, which will have a bonus of putting a lot of out of work people and struggling farm families back to work! Jobs in good clean renewable energy. T. Boone is even being so bold as to say we need to convert all of our 18 wheeler semi trucks over to natural gas. The 18 wheelers account for close to 35% of all the oil imports to our country! It seems we have huge cheap reserves of natural gas in the USA. This by the way just happens to be another clean burning fuel.

Another thing that will have benefits is when Obama changes our infrastructure is if he would add bike lanes everywhere. Make it affordable, convenient and appealing to commute on a bicycle. Bicycles equal more jobs and more green transportation plus the bonus of shedding tons of unhealthy American weight.

I for one believe it’s high time we make the change to a strong self sufficient economy. One that is not dependent on Middle East oil, creates green jobs and preserves and heals our environment. It’s time for us to get the oil habit off our backs and become a great country once again.

Check out the Links I Like section of my blog for information on T. Boone Pickens Plan, Building your own recumbent cycle at Build Your Own Recumbent, folding bicycles at Bike Friday or for general biking information check out Century Cycles blog. Enjoy!

Simple Thoughts Big Messages

It seems the less I try to over think it, the more clear and easier the message becomes.

This morning I woke up around 4:30 am and not wanting to get up yet I just sort of relaxed in the state between awake and sleep. At some point my mind heard, recited, received or whatever the words, "You are measured by the deeds of your heart." Plain and simple, clear and simple.

Just so you know I don't talk like that or actually think like that.

It sounds good to me, feels good to me and simply makes simple sense to me.

Les

Christkindl Market Akron, Ohio

Well it's turning towards winter again in Ohio. That's good and bad in a sense. Bad that it's going be freezing cold for several months. I will have to shovel my sidewalks and scrape my car windows.

Good in the sense that 80 Germans come to downtown Akron the day after Thanksgiving and set up a traditional Christkindal Market for 6 weeks. Good in the sense that a group of highly skilled traditional woodcarvers are among them! They are from the Erzgebirge Mountain region of East Germany. This is a world famous woodcarving region.

I'm excited to see them again and watch them work. Wish I spoke German.