New Cycling & Other Habits
Today was my first day doing a partial bike commute to work. Nearly 10 miles each way!!Read More »New Cycling & Other Habits
Self care
Creating My Life
Since I got back from my bike tour, over a month ago, I’ve been choosing a life of leisure. To be really honest, a life of laziness. I’ve been sleeping in late, napping, eating whatever I want, going to sleep early or late, drinking too often…Read More »Creating My Life
Do or Do Not
“There is no try,” according to Master Yoda.
It happens. You get on a good streak for your healthy eating habits, exercise regime, doing your constructive hobbies. Maybe it’s weeks long. Maybe months. Maybe even years. You’re doing it!
And then something interrupts. A busy time. A sickness. A relationship with a new lover. The addition of a new family member. Then you stop taking care of yourself quite as well as you once did. You are no longer doing it. You certainly aren’t trying.
And you start to feel it.Read More »Do or Do Not
Chosen Passions
Yesterday two of my friends started a weeklong kayaking journey from Fort DeSoto to Marathon, FL. It’s a 300 mile trip during a time with some of the roughest weather and through some of the most difficult habitats in Florida. And it’s not even their first time!
Every time you feel bored this week, or really comfortable. Every time you take a shower or eat a hot meal, think of my friends. Out on the water. Pursuing their passion.Read More »Chosen Passions
Take Care of Yourself
The tree and mistletoe are up. I’ve bought gifts for work-related holiday festivities. But I didn’t send out holiday cards this year. I haven’t bought or made gifts for my nearest and dearest.
This year it’s felt like too much…Read More »Take Care of Yourself
Preparing for Irma
The sun is shining. There’s a small breeze. It would just be another day in Florida if Hurrican Irma weren’t making her way north.
Falling and Getting Back Up
I’m teaching inner city students for the first time in my teaching career. I thought the stories from my colleagues would mentally prepare me for working with these students. They did not.Read More »Falling and Getting Back Up
Swept Away
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
Tropical Storms Happen
I’m supposed to be camping now. Basking on the shores of Fort DeSoto. Biking to the fort. Napping in the shade of trees in relative silence to the hubbub of downtown St. Pete.
But tropical storms happen.Read More »Tropical Storms Happen