Your motivation may vary

I have been reading a lot of fitness-related books in the last year. The ones I laugh at and put down are the ones that claim to have secret and universal knowledge. The ones I re-read or recommend say things like, “I can’t know what results you will get from this, because your body is [...]

Fitness, weight, fat, and my body

Talking about exercise, weight, and eating, in this post. Why do I do that? Why do I mention, at the top of the post, that I will be talking about food, and weight lifting, and my body, in this post on my blog? It’s funny, how some things, some topics, some activities, some objects in [...]

February 17 2012

1. I was going to come up with a more thoughtful post of substance for today, but yesterday got away from me and I didn’t. I actually … have a bit of stress about that, but it’s my blog, and using for a diary is one of the functions of same. And any defensiveness you [...]

February 8 2012

1. I made bread yesterday. The bread machine was borrowed from a local friend (THANK YOU!) and the recipes is this one here, for Almond Rosemary Bread. It was the first bread I’ve made in a machine, and it worked out perfectly. Not to mention, tasty, my goodness. And both my children liked it. 2. [...]

January 9 2012

1. Are you coming to Wiscon? If you are submissions are open for programming ideas! Submit your proposals here! 2. I started watching the HBO miniseries adaptation of Mildred Pierce. It’s very good, but I had to turn it off halfway through the first episode. Kate Winslet is doing too good a job portraying the [...]

January 5 2012

1. I am going to mess up the date on these, I just know it. 2. I made a dinner salad yesterday! It was really tasty! Baby spinach mixed greens one hard-boiled egg, sliced one carrot, grated a few bits of Vermont cheddar some of the roasted root vegetables I made a few days ago, [...]