Category Archives: Health

Yes, it’s Earth Day.  I didn’t know that til 6:31 HST in the evening but I was just thinking about one of my favorite places on Earth–the Lake District and how much I miss it.  I guess it didn’t help that I read Susan Branch’s A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside .ContinueContinue reading “Earth Day”

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson This morning on the way to church, I found myself reminiscing.  Not happy memories really.  Sad.  Our dog Ginger Pye, died a few years back and I really am not sureContinueContinue reading “In Search of Mayberry”

Though I have to admit this has been a much better summer than last, I am ready for some cooler temps– at least in the morning.  I have been imagining what it must be like to live in Alaska. I could probably do pretty well there during the summer but wintertime–not so much.  I needContinueContinue reading “Summertime blues”

Wow I feel really productive today! I know I haven’t blogged in over a month but now two posts in one day! All I can say is, when it rains, it pours… better fetch an umbrella:) So today while I am out running errands, which seem to exhaust me beyond a morning run exhaustion, IContinueContinue reading “Letting Go”

Do you remember when you were 5 or 6, or perhaps like me a bit older, and you had the glorious experience of learning to ride a bicycle? All my kids have had the benefit of starting on a small bicycle and I highly recommend one where the feet can easily touch the ground.  MyContinueContinue reading “Just like riding a bicycle”

I loathe walking into a group of more than 6 people without someone I know by my side. “Does that make me shy, introverted or just insecure?” I wondered to myself.  Is there a difference? My 5 year old won’t look at an adult that he doesn’t know well even when directly addressed.  He saysContinueContinue reading “Introverted or insecure?”

I read some reviews once on a book called  The Omnivore’s Dilemma.  Sound intriguing? Perhaps only if you are a self-proclaimed health nut.  Well I suppose others proclaim me that too so I must really be one. Anyhow I never did buy the book.  I have to draw the line somewhere.  Sometimes my passion for healthContinueContinue reading “To eat or not to eat?”

I have a confession to make.  I love my cellphone.  No I take that back. I really don’t.  I like my cellphone. I love my family. And I love the convenience of being able to text my children, rather than yell across the house.  Does that make me remarkably lazy to not want to getContinueContinue reading “A love/hate relationship”

I just read the post of a friend who calls herself an imperfectionist.  I LOVE IT. Imperfectionism is my new minor. It may even be my new major, but probably not because then the house would be totally out of control and school would never get done so I think I’ll just stick with minoring.ContinueContinue reading “Compassion for all things Broken”

No I’m not going to talk about the Beach Boys, though I have to admit that I like them pretty well as far as oldies music goes; I’m going to talk about my daughter–who is going through a phase sparked by the movie Soul Surfer. Overnight she went from an animal-loving, compliant, never-going-to-leave-home Mama’s girlContinueContinue reading “Everybody’s Goin’ Surfing”