Anyone want (or need) to lose a few pounds? At the end of January, I asked Tony Bear to be my guinea pig for a weight-loss experiment. See, as an ACC college football official, Tony frequently appears on national television, mostly during fall weekends. The rest of the year, he watches dozens of recorded games […]
Self-Care 101 (AKA: What Have I Done for Me Lately?)
“What do you do in the way of self-care? As in, what makes you happy and keeps you sane?” Earlier this week, on a whim, I texted that message to oh, let’s say, 40 gal-pals. So many women responded. So many. I was surprised and yet, I wasn’t. A year or so ago, I surveyed […]
Breaking (Up with) Bread: Why I Go Against the Grain
It was my friend Pascha’s picture that stopped my scrolling finger, that eventually led me to the vida low carb. Not only was she toned and trim, she possessed a sleek felinity. I want that, I thought. Beneath Pascha’s photo, she’d written, “This is what I used to look like and now I know why—because […]
Aging Beautifully: How to Defeat the Keeper of the Crypt
Not long ago, to bless our oldest child, I drove her Honda Civic to the carwash down the street. So there I was, popping quarters into the pay-to-vacuum machine, crashing her floor mats together like cymbals, and enthusiastically q-tipping her coin holder slots. Soon after, a twenty-something boy parked next to me. When the vacuum’s […]
The Benefits of Journaling with F-Words
(Not THAT F-word, silly rabbit, different ones!) (Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Any pennies earned will go towards college educations, weddings, and writing expenses!) Have you noticed journaling is super-duper having a moment right now? I’m not surprised. For me, journaling yields a ton of benefits. Self-awareness, better health, improved finances, and increased […]
