In May I'll hit the one-year mark since I started tracking my sleep and day-time movement/activity in a formal manner. How? I'll tell you. Don't remember how I found Jawbone UP, but one of their devices (the UP Move) is the one I have. I bought one last spring, and have been tracking myself since …
Category: lifestyle
Friday Faves, Issue #26
Lots packed into today, so let's get after it. Enjoy this edition of the Friday Faves, Issue #26, to lifT you UP. If you enjoy it, please share with your peeps to further the GOOD. Destination of the Week: Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Amazing what you find when you look around. Quote of the Week: "...top …
Making the Most of Time
Last spring I figured I needed a fresh motivator to get more active in my day to day. My previous running routines have long gone by the way-side. The demands of life with three little kids and nagging injuries have been the main factors in this regard. I needed a boost. So I got my …
JOOK!
Also called congee in many places, it's a dish made in several Asian countries, including China, Burma, Vietnam, Japan, Tibet, Thailand, etc. I came across this particular recipe for Turkey Jook several years back in the San Francisco Chronicle. The article, and the dish itself, changed my life in several ways, even made me a …
A.L.L. In and Minimalism Day to Day
When our second daughter was born, we named her Lucia. At that moment we had it "ALL" or "A.L.L.", which stands for our three children now: Ana, Levi, and Lucia. I didn't recognize this funny little twist of phrase immediately, but my wife did. She said in fact that she had been thinking that since …
Weekend Flow
A little something bubbles up sometimes and you have to just let it out. A stream of words that sum up where you find yourself. This weekend it goes a little like this... Relief, gratitude, humbled, respect, curious, quiet joy, old music (Queen), hot tea, thoughtful reflection, kids' play tents, toast, a red ball, Spider-Man, …