I’m fascinated with tiny streets, bridges, walkways, and other pedestrian-only infrastructure. Remove cars and it starts looking cozy.
Tiny bridge
Category: Walking
The Alley, Blagoevgrad
Can you smell it?
For the love of cars
Daily writing prompt
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?
I would find like-minded folks and come up together with practical ideas to reduce cars in cities. There have to be other ways to commute that don’t pollute as much and are not threatening to pedestrians and cyclists.
For example, very slow speed limit in the city, no free public parking, and stricter laws on safety ratings and vehicle size. Big trucks and utility vehicles should really only be used for commercial purposes with special vignettes.
I’m not winning elections with my agenda any time soon.
How to read more books
I like books. I like to read them, to watch them, and to slowly choose them in the bookstores. I also like my Goodreads archive with all the books I read in the last 10-12 years. I don’t like to keep them for too long as they take up a lot of space but otherwise, I love books.
One of my main issues with paper books is that there’s a commitment to read them once you buy them and not all books are worthy. This leads to getting stuck and lowers the joy of reading. Also, lowers my Goodreads score. So, after asking a couple of true readers about that and combining it with my own experience, here’s my short list of tips for how to read more:
- Buy a book when I plan to immediately start reading it. Buying because something got published creates clutter.
- Once I figure out a book is not engaging, useful, or interesting, I abandon it and put it aside for donation. Someone else may appreciate it more.
- I read on the subway. 30 minutes of additional reading per day can translate to 10-20 books/year. Okay, I admit. I hate driving in the city and used the opportunity to advertise the subway. You should use it as well 😊
Walking in Sofia
I had an appointment today that was not far from Loven Park. Decided to walk back home by optimizing for forest time.
Empty, birds singing, leaves and branches falling, and engines roaring from the nearby boulevards. A human here and there, not very often. About 4-5km of that.
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