Tag: energy

  • Back on Bike

    Time was, I lived in the country and didn’t have a driver’s license. That was a long time ago. Then there was a good length of time that I lived in the city and didn’t have a car. Even that was a long time ago. But it’s written in my bones, this memory of bicycle-as-transport. Not…

  • Appliance Shopping with The Dilettante

    “Hi. I need a new fridge. What’s the smallest one you’ve got that is Energy Star rated?” This has been my opening line for the last four months in every appliance store in Sydney. Nobody was able to answer it. Not one salesperson on any floor in this town was able to point me at…