Hey locals, I was taking a break from the ride this morning enjoying a lovely carrot cake cupcake made by the bakers at Petsi Pies and drinking a splendid cup of coffee roasted and brewed by Equal Exchange here in MA and I took a look at their in-house books and I came across The Better World Handbook where I found a great amount of useful information about the “stuff that makes the world go round.”  Unfortunately it is mostly about money, but it gave me some insight on what to look for and which sources to trust when it comes to buying things. I spend most of my money on food, which I focus on local goods anyways, but I feel everyone could get some good info from it. Check it out here. The best thing it does is give statistics and facts about which companies are working for a better world and which ones could care less. Please don’t end up looking like this. Everyone complains about the cost of goods and that’s why they’re driven to buying at huge corporations with pre-sliced apples, soaked in pesticides, bleached clean and never been touched by a human hand until the consumer…  but that brings us into a whole different story of America’s fear factor of just about everything. All I’m saying is the extra dollar or two consciously spent here stays here and gets exchanged around the neighborhood, the town, etc. and never leaves on that private jet to a board meeting across the globe to pay for the research on how to eliminate more american jobs. By the way… rumor has it that places like CVS are going to carry more processed foods because that’s where the money is at these days. And you have to feed your money into a machine because they are smarter than us now. I can’t wait till I have the 5G so I can look up on my new App if there is a chance of me slipping on the ice outside my door or if my mail has arrived yet. Whew, way too much sarcasm and criticism for this post. Please think about where you spend your money and who its actually benefiting. Thats all. And be safe riding out there. The cars are all over the bike lanes because there’s nowhere else to park and we can’t live without our machines. I would enjoy sending you all this handwritten but you just wouldn’t read it anymore.

Yours truly,

Bike Courier Brett