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Category Archives: Exercise & Fitness
Here We Go!
It’s 2019: three-hundred-sixty-five blank pages ahead. How shall I fill them? Will I reduce my consumption of anxiety-provoking news and current events? Will I use the new dumbbells I ordered last week? Will I add to my “home gym” (i.e., … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Botswana, Elephants, Getting Unstuck, Healing, Kayaking, Lake Superior, Living Life, Mid-Life, Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography
Tagged Africa, African Elephants, Botswana, Botswana Safari, Happy 2019, Happy New Year, Kayaking, Lake Superior, Mid-Life, Okavango Delta, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography
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Blossoming Blossoms
It’s springtime in Central Texas. My favorite time of year. Bluebonnets and 70-degree days. Last year, I was working too much, and missed most of it. This year, I’m taking advantage of a slow patch, and enjoying every bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, Attorney, BigLaw, BigLawBoss, Brintellix, Deplin, Depression, Diet, Exercise & Fitness, Flowers, Health, Mid-Life, Nature, Prediabetes, walking
Tagged Antidepressants, BigLaw, Brintellix, Central Texas, Deplin, Depression, diabetes, Divorce, exercise, Gray Divorce, Health, High-Cost Pharma, Low-carb high-fat, mental-health, nature, outdoors, Prediabetes, Reversing prediabetes, Texas Bluebonnets, Walking
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BigLaw Blues
This week, I bring you the Vermilion Flycatcher. I photographed this bird in Tucson last March while I was there on a lawyer boondoggle (also known as continuing legal education). At the time, I thought I’d photographed a Scarlet Tanager, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Birds, Law, Lawyer, Nature, Photography, Sobriety, Tucson, walking, Wine
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Alcoholism, BigLaw, Birds, Digital Photography, Digital single-lens reflex camera, law, Lawyer, nature, Nikon, Nikon D3200, Photography, Scarlet Tanager, Sobriety, Tucson, Vermilion Flycatcher
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
I’ve been worried about myself. My weight continues to creep up. I’ve been drinking two to four glasses of wine (or gin and tonics) nearly every evening. Sometimes more on the weekends. Walking, yoga, and meditation have been sporadic. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Abusive Relationships, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Birds, Body Love, Death and Grief, Dementia, Depression, Domestic Violence, Elderly Parents, Family Business, Getting Unstuck, Healing, Health, Intervention, Lawyer, Living Life, Meditation/Mindfulness, Mid-Life, Nature, Photography, Sobriety, walking
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Abusive Relationships, Alcoholism, Birds, Death, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Depression, Grief, HAES, Health, Health At Every Size, healthy-living, Lightroom, mental-health, Narcissism, Narcissist, nature, Nikon, Nikon D3200, outdoors, Photography, Sobriety
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I’m not sorry!
In my last post, I talked about body positivity. About letting go of attempts to conform to body-size expectations. But it’s not just my body size that has me constantly feeling like I’m battling against the machine–not only am I … Continue reading
Posted in Body Love, Cats, Diet, Exercise & Fitness, Feminism, Health, Law, Lawyer, Weight Loss
Tagged Abusive Relationships, Body Love, Body Postivity, Cats, Childfree, childless, Crazy Cat Lady, Fat, Feminism, Health At Every Size, Single, Single at 50, spinster, Womens' Studies
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The Elephant In the Room
The question: “Oprah – What is it With Her?” Your answer is: “She’s fat, she’s thin, she’s fat, she’s thin – I mean, come on, pick a body and go with it!” From a 1992 SNL skit featuring Jerry Seinfeld, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Diet, Exercise & Fitness, Healing, Health, Weight Loss
Tagged Body Love, Body Positive, Dieting, Health, healthy-living, Self Care, Self Love, Yo-Yo Dietng
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Finding Flow
I am in the midst of an epic battle with myself to re-find my rhythm. My flow. I’ve had it at several intervals over the past decade, but I haven’t regained it since I rid myself of Mack nearly three … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Grief, Exercise & Fitness, Great Bear Rainforest, Healing, Health, Hiking, Insomnia, Nature, Orcas Island, Overactive Bladder, Travel, walking, Writing
Tagged Abusive Relationships, Anxiety, meditation, mental-health, nature, Orcas Island, outdoors, present moment, stress, Travel, Writing
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Right here, right now.
I’ve been avoiding the page for the past two weeks because I haven’t wanted to deal with life head on. The year anniversary of the death of my brother was a couple of weeks ago–March 25. I took the day … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Dementia, Elderly Parents, Flowers, Grief, Hiking, Nature, Photography
Tagged Alzheimer's, animals, Death, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Dementia, Goats, Grief, Grieving, Health, Hiking, Llamas, nature, outdoors, Pedernales State Park, Photography, Texas Bluebonnets, Texas Hill Country
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Mea Culpa, Sort Of
I’m convinced now more than ever that the best way to stay healthy is to never need a doctor. Sounds oxymoronic, but allow me to explain. My mother wasn’t exaggerating or feigning illness to get attention. Turns out she was … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Codependency, Elderly Parents, Running
Tagged Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation, Alzheimer's, C25k, Comfortably Numb, Death and Grief, Deep vein thrombosis, Elderly Parents, Health, healthy-living, mental-health, Mid-Life, Physical therapy, Pink Floyd, Pulmonary embolism, Thrombus
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