Food Update
It’s been 10 days since I’ve had coffee, sugar, alcohol, eggs or wheat and I am feeling really good. I feel calmer, more relaxed, still a little on the tired side, but I think that is more a function...
View ArticleI’m A Good Detoxer (thanks to Streaking)
This is my 51st post in a row. I started posting daily on Ash Wednesday (February 18th) and I’m still going, even though my stated commitment for this streak was only until Easter, which was 5 days...
View ArticleGetting Tired of This Detox Life
So it is 3 weeks today of this austerity diet and I am getting tired. Literally tired. I want one cup of coffee. That’s all. One cup of coffee in the morning. But then last night, I also wanted one...
View ArticleI swear, this is my last whiny detox post.
I went on a “walk and talk” with Rowena yesterday. We walked the bike path. It was 60 degrees and sunny. I like to walk and talk. I much prefer that to “sit and talk.” I think more clearly when I am...
View ArticleTooth of Doom
My tooth of doom. Number 15. Upper left, all the way in the back. My periodontist has been “worried” about this tooth for years. Every time I go he says, “I’m worried about this tooth.” Every time he...
View ArticleWho Would Know?
Today I walked into Wegmans and the first thing I smelled was the coffee. It was a cold, raw day. I was tired. On the drive over I thought about stopping at The Soulful Cup for a latte. In my mind I...
View ArticleThe Sugar Project
Yesterday G and I decided to give up sugar for the rest of the month of February. Good god, WHY??? The answer: Just to see if we can do it AND, if we will die doing it AND how we will do it (rules,...
View ArticleDo You Need A Digital Declutter?
The other day I got an email from Cal Newport. He’s proposing to his email list the idea of doing a “digital declutter” in the month of January. It’s part of a study for his next book. Here’s how he...
View ArticleThe Season Of Unlocking Begins
“The poetry of four seasons is all wrong for this part of the planet, and this may explain why we are so depressed so much of the time. I mean, spring doesn’t feel like spring a lot of the time, and...
View ArticleDrinking Every Night Is Just Not Sustainable
At the beginning of the pandemic I was all about the Quarantini, —a cocktail you made at home and drank alone, or with members of your household, during a period of imposed isolation. “I’m having a...
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