[NOTE: This excerpt taken from the always AWESOME Seth Godin blog. Full credit to his experience, insight, and great writing. I read his piece, got the underlying message, but also learned something about Narita airport, sushi, and where to get the good stuff.] "One of the best airport restaurants I've ever encountered breaks my first …
Category: lifestyle
My Stove
The stove, metaphor for my life. Four burners equals four priorities: Children, wife, work. Wait, that's only three? The fourth burner is for everything else: my elderly parents, the Lions club I serve community thru, my extended family, my friends. Sometimes one of the first three get moved off, but I try not to let …
Chill
This was the view I had recently. It was a 30-Hour Retreat. We got up early, almost like a work day to get there.It's good to do for mind, body, and soul. Regularly. For your own well-being, and for others.When you allow yourself to chill, it means taking pause, a bit of emotional and spiritual …
Ingredients
I'm known for putting together rather eclectic meal combinations from time to time. Might be my dad's influence -- peanut butter, bananas, some mayo, maybe with a pickle, was one of his favorite "dishes "(so to speak). One of my lunches this week provides a good example: I found in various places in the fridge...Brussels …
Motion is Lotion
"Get UP!" That's been my mantra the last several years. I'd been a runner off and on since I was a kid, up until five years ago. Ran mostly for conditioning when I was young, then for health and weight management in adulthood. I even ran a handful of half marathons and some trail runs …
Misc Weekend
Trying to convince my three year old son to try dance class. NOPE. For that go anyway. Back yard spruce. REALLY? Yep. A little goes a long way. Beef cuts? Top serloin is close enough to tenderloin. Chinese lady in the liquor store, 3 bottles of merlot? Dressed in earth tones, including a ball cap over shoulder length …
Homework In the Backseat
I was talking to a good friend last night about his two boys -- his kids are several years older than my little three. In particular we were comparing and contrasting the way the two approach school, homework, sports, and...time management. One tidbit really rang true for me, and I think it will for most …
Friday Faves, Issue #36
This week's list, this week's inspiration for wanderings, figuratively and literally. ENJOY. Destination of the Week: The main city in a little country with a LOT of oil money. It's a city, with a country name: Kuwait City Quote of the Week: "Don't find fault, find a remedy." ~ Henry Ford Band of the Week: …
Friday Faves, Issue #35
Rainy spring day here in San Jose...perfect time to gather up this week's list. ENJOY. Destination of the Week: A city of relative calm and prosperity in a dynamic region of the world, Amman Jordan was founded 9,000 years ago. So it's got some history, to say the least. Quote of the Week: "...if I …
Friday Faves, Issue #32
Happy World Sleep Day! Hopefully these tidbits won't put you to sleep, but will give you sweet dreams when you do fall into slumber, maybe a little earlier tonight. Destination of the Week: Chelmsford. Where, you ask? Essex, of course. Not enough? Never is. Here. Quote of the Week: "Better pass boldly into that other …
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