The Daily Grind
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Cape Flattery
The author embarked on a trip to Cape Flattery in Washington, discovering its treacherous coastline and rich history. Despite a longer than expected journey and cold temperatures, they explored the rugged beauty, hiked to the cape, and enjoyed the stunning scenery. Their winter camping experience was rewarding, and they look forward to more hiking adventures.
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Basketball
What are your favorite sports to watch and play? I love basketball. I was just watching the latest Saturday Night Live episode and I stood up in utter disbelief as the skit basically insinuated that there is nothing left to do now that the NFL is winding up until next fall. WHAT!!! Obviously, this could be true for…
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Hiking
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? Of all the activities that bring life to my soul and elevate my mood, hiking is number one. The combination of physical activity, nature in raw form, and time to myself really revitalizes me. For leisure activity, this is the perfect mix of results. Winter is the…
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High fructose corn syrup
If you could un-invent something, what would it be? As a health care provider, my first item to delete from the arsenal of recent invention is high fructose corn syrup. Invented in the 60’s and then mass marketed into the US food chain in the mid-70’s and especialliy the 80’s, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has…
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I don’t care about your weight…
Life sucks. I’m overweight. I’m going to go binge watch Netflix… I have heard a phrase much like this many times over the last decade. I don’t mean to pick on Netflix: there are multiple issues at stake in our overall health and some down time with the TV is not a bad thing. Same thing with multiple…
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New Year issues…
What are your biggest challenges? Jan 1 – It’s the first morning of the new year. It’s a cold morning and the clouds are low. They have an almost fog like presence that pushes the coldness right to your core. I feel motivated to start the year right, make some goals, and do some writing. Winter is…
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Snacks… a dilemma
I find this question so frustrating most of the time. Just thinking about it makes me crave a donut. An apple fritter in particular. When I have to drive, this is a literal cage fight of wants and desires. It plays out like a movie in my mind… The actor playing me is Jack Black, with some bad tight…
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HIIT
Now that I am over 50 years old, my favorite exercise has changed from playing a sport, like basketball, to doing a workout called high intensity interval training (HIIT). What does age have to do with it? For me, it is basically pain and propensity for injury. When you are being competitive with others, it is…
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Health habits
With a quick search on Google, Bing, or whatever search engine makes you happy, you can find advice on health habits that is completely overwhelming. I just did this and came up with 453,000,000 results. In other words, I could be busy for a very long time researching how to be healthy. In fact, if…
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Dungeness Spit
It is time for a hike, but what does one do in December?? The mountain byways are snowed in. Weather is totally unpredictable over a few thousand feet above sea level. My favorite area for this time of year is the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It lies perfectly in the rain…
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