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And so I begin…..
My backyard this winter….brrr! I think about fitness and staying healthy every day, on a personal level. But every winter, I start thinking about health in general, because everyone around us seems to...
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The New Normal
At my house, we talk repeatedly about what is “expected” and what is “unexpected”. This helps my 8-year old, who has a knack for always doing the unexpected, know what normal behavior looks like so...
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Master your Mud Season
Mud Season has come early to Southern Vermont. Yesterday I didn’t get out much, but was told it snowed in every town surrounding us, but not here in my own. It’s really strange. Most of the other...
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My Food Evolution
There are many food moments from my past that now make me cringe. My interest in eating healthy foods wasn’t a decision, it was more of an evolution over time, and stemmed from a few different places....
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Strong Arming the Future
Every summer for the last few years, friends from Brooklyn come North to our house in Vermont for their own personal Fresh Air Fund adventure. The kids jump around in the river, stalk green frogs that...
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Little Changes, Big Impact
Too busy to admire nature? Put it on the list… Have you ever had one of those moments when you make a teeny-tiny, no-brainer kind of change in routine, but it makes all the difference? I’m feeling that...
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A Stairwell in Suburbia
Museum stairs: challenging to some, not to others… At times it’s tough to get back into the health mindset on a Monday, but after a road trip, a reality-check from my mother-in-law, and a stairwell,...
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Sense of Nature
the only blooms we see so far, the cute little willows… Yesterday felt like winter. Today, finally looks like spring. Tis’ the season in Vermont, where every few hours it seems the weather changes. Sun...
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Ramping Up
There is a great benefit to researching and writing about being fit and healthy. It’s the fact that if I don’t practice what I preach, then I’m a hypocrite…and since I don’t want to be one of those,...
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The Balancing Act – Fun vs. Fit
My focus lately has been a little off. Actually, very off, and all over the place. Based on the subjects in my last few posts, you can see my mind is outside. It’s finally starting to look like it’s...
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It’s a fine line…
Self-directed. Self-assured. Smart. Strong. In great shape. Healthy. I have been described over the years as having all of these qualities. By others. I’m just wondering why I can’t believe it, or see...
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For the Love of Foods
Dessert? Yes please! Oh yeah! A date night this week. I’m very psyched about that. Our friend Kiernan hangs out with our son for a few hours every 2-3 weeks so my husband and I can have an official...
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Vacation Reset
Today I sit. And sit, and sit and sit. Staring out into space. Wondering if I’m glad to be home. And wondering how to snap out of vacation-mode and get back to real life. Yesterday, my son and I...
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Words from Strangers
No jeans for a few weeks, just waders…but I’ll get back to them soon… I have been wracking my brain, wondering what I need to do to snap out of this lazy post-vacation summer trance I have been in for...
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Two Wheels on the Road…
I have had ”buy Brett a bike” on my to-do list for months, and it has been the one item on there I have been reluctant to cross off. He had one of those balance-type bikes, purchased by my mother a few...
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Bold but Senseless
A few years ago, my first boyfriend came to Vermont and we met for coffee. I hadn’t seen him in maybe 15 years? And I was worried. There was this nagging feeling I had, not that either of us weren’t...
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Tradeoffs
Many people think they have to give up foods they love, or feel guilt after the fact when they indulge, but I don’t think that’s true. It’s all a matter of balancing the good with the bad. I have heard...
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Much more than a Sneeze…
Brett and I took the red eye flight last February from Phoenix to Dulles and arrived at 6 am. He slept on the flight. Me, not so much. For him to be comfortable enough to sleep, it means discomfort for...
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What do you see?
I moved to Vermont when I was 26. At that time, all decisions were motivated by work, and this was my 3rd career and location move in 5 years. My mother remarked a few times she thought I was smart to...
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My Flawed Sugar Compromise
On my son’s first day of 3rd grade last month, I stayed to watch in the morning with the other parents, as the kids met their new teacher and over breakfast, he gave us an overview of what the kids...
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