October is typically the beginning of 'season' in Florida, which is signaled by a change in temperature, a decrease in humidity and vehicles with out-of-state tags arriving to our small town almost daily. It is still warm, but not oppressively hot, and was quite rainy for the first two weeks of the month. Nevertheless, we …
Are You Engaged?
If there is one word I have come to detest within the past six months, that word would be 'DROPLETS.' But, wouldn't you know it, Terri Webster has gone and chosen it as this week's Sunday Stills Photo Challenge. At first I envisioned staging two people, both not wearing masks and one sneezing toward the …
Miles of Smiles
Even though yesterday was officially the first day of Fall, it is still hot, humid and tropical in South Florida. The storms lined up in the Atlantic Basin have created some very interesting situations at the beach these past two weeks. Coupled with a King tide which happens about twice per year, we have seen …
Book Reviews
It has been more of the same this week in hot, humid South Florida and instead of sharing what I'm doing, (eating less and moving more), I thought you might like to hear about what I'm reading. I have taken this 'down time' (are we still allowed to call it that?) to branch out beyond …
Comfort Food and Consequences
These past months of social isolation have affected us all in a variety of ways, with health and fitness not the least among them. Self soothing with comfort food seemed like a good idea at the time, but if you kept it up for as long as I did, you already know where this post …