Hiking is kinda a love or hate thing. You either love the early wake-up calls, toe blisters, the totally adorable hiking boots, and dirt in every crevice, or you despise it. There really isn’t an in between. I, for one, love hiking. I used to hike maybe once a year with my family to work off […]
Many people suffer from depression and sorrow. Many take pharmaceutical antidepressants and regularly go to clinics to receive therapy. Of course, for some, it may involve issues based on heredity and diet. For many, it entails accumulated psychological problems. Most, when they were much younger, did not have such issues; in youth, they […]
via Depression and Sorrow… — Tom’s Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog
Welcome and thank you rapt audience of the few people who are looking at this right now for joining me here today. After too much coffee, maybe a bottle or two of wine and numerous recipes and reviews later I’ve decided to jump off the deep end and start a blog. I guess I’ll start […]
via Winter, and also book reviews and recipes are coming! — Recipe and a Read
I love food. I love to eat it, prepare it—and read about it. Even before I was out of the crib, I had a gastro-literary fixation: the drawing of bread in Richard Scarry’s Busy World, Busy People, which I demanded to see daily. Once I’d graduated to print, obsession reached a new, active level. The […]
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Welcome back to another “What I mean when I say…” Today we are looking at a pretty silly topic. What do I mean when I say “I’m athletic”? Surprisingly, this seems to be a controversial topic for me. I’m either met with “Oh, you like exercising” or “What do you lift? How fast do you […]
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates (460 – 370 BC) I get asked all the time, “do you follow a specific diet?” No. To be honest, my wife is such a wizard in the kitchen I let her imagination run freely. Her and I both try to eat “clean”, but […]
Its been a while. Ive heard a lot of stories in my short time of life. Through my occupation and natural nature of being drawn to people; learning about each individual, needing and wanting to hear what makes them who they are; stopping to listen and take it all in. Stories that are beautiful, amazing, […]
