Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
One of the great aspects of my job as a youth minister is that part of my job is going to camp. A fair number of you just rolled your eyes and groaned. You thanked your lucky stars that it was me and not thee.Silly people.I will spend the week waking up on the cliffs... Continue Reading →
This week was a difficult one. Lots of stress, preparation for a week of camp, last minute potholes in that process. I came home tired and too often discouraged. And we know what happens then. So my eating was not all that it should have been this week. My exercise was not as regular as... Continue Reading →
A year or so ago I started this series of posts. There's a very sound reason for why I wanted to do it. I wanted to put more focus on the wonderful things in my life. I'm a glass half full kind of personality. Oh hell, let's be honest. I'm the guy who will react... Continue Reading →
I'd love to say "Back in the Groove" but it's never that easy is it? LOL. I AM back to the weekly routine of checking in here at the blog. On the other hand the weight loss thing didn't go quite so well. It didn't go badly (no gain) but there was no weight LOSS... Continue Reading →
Let me be perfectly clear right from the start.I hate exercise.I do not use the word hate lightly. I have an intense and passionate dislike for any activity which is done solely for the purpose of "exercise" - Activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness. There are activities that... Continue Reading →
So the Phase I experiment lasted a week. On Friday last my lady wife looked at me and said "This food makes me unhappy. I don't want to do this any more". Given that the same thought had occurred to me just an hour before we decided to move on. We have not given up... Continue Reading →
It's been a while, I know. Life has been busy and challenging and lots of other things. This blog is just one of several things that got set aside. May or may not have been the right decision but it was the one that got made. One way or the other. This week we begin... Continue Reading →
31 years ago today I woke up as a single man for the last time. I woke up on my own without a partner for the very last time. 31 years ago today I got married. I barely remember the beginning of that day. The previous day had begun with me on the air as... Continue Reading →
First of all, we had a really good time. Folks were generally pleasant, the weather was good enough and we found some wines we really liked. But we also noted a couple things that we haven't seen in the other areas we've done similar tours. The Sample Tray - We got some version of this... Continue Reading →
Got ourselves a nice final day of wine tourism on a beautiful sunny day. We started off with a nice little family run place, Virant Family Winery. It's not as splashy as some of the others but that's fine. Relaxed, homey kind of place with some interesting wines. We snagged a tasty Cabernet Franc (the... Continue Reading →
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