I love the Cook’s Illustrated Best Recipes Cookbook. Its’ the Scientific American of cookbooks. They don’t just give you recipes; they justify every single ingredient and its amount. I looked up the recipe for Blueberry Pie yesterday, and before I even got to the recipe, I had to read a protracted discourse on the merits … Continue reading Theoretical Pie
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A Berry Deep Meditation
Murphy’s Blueberry Farm is one of the prettiest places around here. The view is draw-dropping and the picking, superb. Today I went for my last picking of the season, as the farm will close for the season next weekend. Late berries are the sweetest, and I was born to pick. I love searching the bushes, … Continue reading A Berry Deep Meditation
The Summer To-Do List Wrap Up
On Memorial Day I created a “To Do” list for this summer. Now that the days of summer are quickly dwindling *sniff* here’s how I did: Go to the beach (done) Kayak (done) Hike Golden Eagle Trail (most of it, but I had to sneak out the back way, so not completely.) Visit Letchworth State … Continue reading The Summer To-Do List Wrap Up
Leverage This
I came back from vacation with this idea: I need to get fit. More fit. This will involve keeping up my workouts with Tim, running the steps, doing what I call the “Killer Hiller”—a steep uphill climb behind Hemlock on the MU campus. But I also realized that, in addition, I could leverage my ordinary, … Continue reading Leverage This
Reading
When I was in grad school I had to read The Life of Johnson in one week. The unabridged version. (It’s about 6 inches thick.) I set my alarm every day for 5 A.M and read until my eyes bled. And that was just for one class. I had equally extensive readings in two others. … Continue reading Reading
Fall Down 7, Get Up 8
Last night I watched a little kid trying to skim board. He must have wiped out a million times, no lie. But every time he wiped out he just went out and wiped out again. Some of these wipeouts were pretty spectacular, too, I must say. A few times I thought he would come out … Continue reading Fall Down 7, Get Up 8
Walking the Yard
Yesterday I taught my 6 AM yoga class, lifted weights with Tim at the gym, spent an hour with Holosync. Then I took a 30 minute killer Spin class with Amy, ate lunch, did some housework while listening to the This American Life podcast, showered, and taught my 5:30 yoga class. This morning I put … Continue reading Walking the Yard
Losing It, And Getting It Back
Yesterday morning, in prep for my ‘Krashtanga” class I did the Primary Series. Halfway through the standing sequence I realized that I had lost it. I had lost my practice. After so many months practicing Ashtanga with Christine 4 mornings a week, this past May I was finally able to grab my toe in Ardha … Continue reading Losing It, And Getting It Back
The Dominant Doe Goes With The Flow
Because I like to control things, and because I dislike indecisiveness, my hunterly friends call me a “Dominant Doe.” (Apparently if you hunt doe, and are able to pick out the “dominant” one in the herd, you will be able to predict where the herd will head when they decide to high-tail it out of … Continue reading The Dominant Doe Goes With The Flow
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