LOL That's funny, Chatty! I think you will love the Bedlam Farm blog. But being an animal lover you may have already read some of Jon Katz's books about his dogs. They are wonderful, as is his blog. If you get interested in it and want to hear how he came to be out there on that farm just let me know and I'll tell you some of the history. He is on facebook as well....I am a fan and he gives a lot of updates.

Ok, list is slapped together because I have to run and pack for a trip tonight:

http://www.momentumplanet.com/issues On non-racing cycling articles and cool stuff in the world of cycling. Latest 2010 issue is about cycling in our city (probably with Olympic visitors in mind.)

http://www.copenhagenize.com/ Cophenhagen is the lead world cycling city with up to 40% of population cycle there. International links worldwide to cycling culture in other countries.

http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/ Just primarily photos of fashionable/ordinary people cycling. There are other cities that imitate the chic of cycling. It's unbelievable what gals will cycle in.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/index.php For women worldwide on cycling with some non-cycling. There must be over 30-40 women over 45 yrs. who bike regularily...group is large in participation...probably over 200 active posters. Teamestrogen sells cycling specific clothing for women but owner of forums is like Dotsie, quite hands-off to allow discussion.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=35039 We have a world-wide cycling relay trip involving an Oxfam doll is being passed around. Either doll is biked to next rider or is mailed. Right now it is about to leave Australia for New Zealand and will get to the U.S. this year.Canada. At some point, Europe since we have some active European members and very few in Asia so far. Yes, it will come to vancouver since we have several active members who participate. I've met the women. If no one else will, I will cycle to the Canada-U.S. border/into Washington state. from home to fetch or drop off doll. (I live about 70 kms. from the border.)


http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CABC0308?getSubtmpzne=ndxbusiness Canada's weather network website is different from U.S. I find it gives way more info. that is not so advertising driven.

http://mashable.com/category/wordpress-lists/ For blogging technical work. Of value to those who use Blogger and Wordpress software, social media.

http://www.rei.com/category/4500013 U.S. national sporting goods and fitness wear for everyone.

http://www.mec.ca/Main/home.jsp;jsessionid=jvzvLBkGw7QLLkKC0yPPr111fG2ZGCfC7RPxJkblvqp38TlpxYwr!931308074?bmForm=splash&bmFormID=1262576774771&bmSubmit=english&bmUID=1262576774771
Canadian national sporting goods and fitness wear for everyone. You might find cheaper pricing here.

I don't buy online but 2 above stores I will visit wherever I am. MEC has a store here in town. REI I visit whenever I get to Seattle which is...tomorrow.

And I tend the blog garden below..more new articles to roll out by end of this week.

orchid, I find it interesting that you also frequent a blog for cycling that's for women only.

How many people here like sites that are specifically for women?

Enjoy your vacation.

I'm not crazy about the black background, nor the small print, but he's all over it. He has some exciting updating to do on his blog, but gets distracted while home. He's still here. Heading back to NYC tomorrow and ready to jump back into work. It's been great fun having him around. He's got some neat stuff lined up for 2010.

I prefer to be on sites where there is a broad range of women. ANd most definitely women who can express themselves clearly in writing which includes this forum plus other that I participate. So I guess I might be bored on a forum where everyone was speaking in a lingo / slang all the time which might be the case if it was a forum dominated by young girls/women. There's a whole different culture elsewhere, that's for sure!

To answer the question, I prefer sites for not only women but boomer women. I am on other writers sites which include men and women but we stick to writing topics mostly so I find them tolerable.

P.J., I went into facebook to add Jon Katz as a friend and there was nothing for him by his name. There were others with that name however. Do you have someting different?

Yes, here's the link for Jon on facebook. You'll have to "become a fan" rather than add him as a friend and then once you do you will get all his posts and updates. Let me know if this doesn't work, but it should.

http://www.facebook.com/BedlamFarm?ref=nf

SHould clarify that not all young women are lingo oriented. Do I prefer boomer women oriented sites/forums? not necessarily at all. Women 20 yrs. younger have much to offer to many different topics and keeps us learning continously. This is why I hang out on a totally different women's forum elsewhere.

There is quite a difference between points of social cultural history between myself and my youngest sister (10 yrs younger, born in 1969): already within my own family it feels like 1/2 generation difference.

I must share that on rare occasion, we've had younger women at BWS and I totally enjoyed their perspective.