I woke up very early the other day and this was nature's gift for doing so! The sky show was awesome: A spectacular sunrise complete with a plane taking off from PDX. [see video] Nature is amazing and so filled with gorgeous colors. The morning sky in Portland is like no other place I've…
I know – exercise is the last thing on your to-do list and the first thing that gets brushed aside when you are "too busy" or "too stressed" or "too too…" I admit that I get this way as well. But then I get back into exercising and I feel better, am less stressed…
For many reasons, largely economic, grown kids are moving back home. I’ve not experienced this for myself – but soon I will. My son and daughter-in-law have decided to leave Chicago and move to Portland. While this has never been his “home” they will be staying with me for a while. I moved to Portland…
Vibram fivefingers with nasturtiumsâ–ş I love my fivefingers! A shoe that I don't kick off the minute I am inside. I almost never rave about shoes but I love them so much I even wrote a review for REI [where I bought them.] Shoe shopping and I have a love/hate relationship. I know we…
WALK!! A study found that walking isn't just great for weight loss or for just plain old exercise – it's great for your memory too! …researchers randomly assigned 120 healthy but sedentary men and women (average age mid-60s) to one of two exercise groups. One group walked around a track three times a week, building…