I am really enjoying the fact that I have been on my bike a lot in the last few days. I have also been volunteering at the New Orleans Bike Project, a group that recycles old bikes. People can take their bikes in and fix them (with our help) and donate a small amount for the used parts. If they don't have a lot of money, they can donate time, just like a coop. We are also completely revamping bikes and selling them at real cheap prices. I spent all of Thursday overhauling wheels. It was great, because I never really knew how to do it, but was able to just look it up in the book and use the tools there to completely renew wheels that would have otherwise been junk.

In other community news, New Orleans Food Not Bombs is doing really well. We are looking at doing more meals per month on top of the weekly produce giveaway. We may also start doing our cooking at the ARK, a community warehouse in the Marigny District.

It is really nice being involved again. I was feeling out of the loop for a little while.