OK all of you cycling fans and health nuts out there! Here is something you just have to try. Every once in a while you stumble on that must have recipe. I make these cookies and take them everywhere and have always gotten good reviews. Here…
Practice Learning new things has always been a challenge for me especially when it comes to physical skills. Dancing, playing guitar, martial arts, none of it has come easy. I envy people that learn new things quickly because I am not one of them. When I…
I was always small as a kid growing up. A bout of undiagnosed allergy triggered asthma caused me to not grow for a year when I was two years old, or so I am told. I also had a late birthday so when I started my…
JT Swing Sometimes you just have to put yourself out there, extend yourself beyond what you know. It is scary to step into the unknown. It can be overwhelming. I am one of those people that exist on the edge of curiosity. I don’t think it…
I have never been much of a gardener when it comes to flowers. As a kid growing up there were always lots of vegetable gardens to contend with but I do not remember having the time or energy to do much with flowers. I mean I…
Today was a day not unlike most other days. We all have a lot of those. I often think the routines in life are more challenging to deal with than change. The daily grind can become mundane and monotonous. When you are in your twenties, thirties…
When I was younger the cold never bothered me much. Living in New York that is a good thing especially in upstate where it can get very cold. I would spend all day long out in the cold, cutting wood, clearing brush, making maple syrup, stacking…
What Would We Do Without Work? As I have gotten older (ahem) my perspective on many things has changed, including work. I used to really dislike working when I was a kid. My father used to tell me you need to learn to like to work. …
Sometimes things in life just happen, bizarre things, potentially embarrassing things. Like the time I went to work with two different shoes on. I think we have all been there, shirt inside out, collar sticking up, shirt buttoned lopsided, tags sticking out, belt loops missed, etc,…
I have this amazing little black raspberry bush in my front yard. Also known as black caps, these berries grow wild seemingly everywhere including the nature trail close to where I live. It seems this black cap bush likes the Rose of Sharon that it is…