Despite what some hard-earned callouses might lead you to believe, my hands are hypersensitive. Thus, the hand pain I sometimes get during and after a lifting workout is the worst part about going to the gym. While I don’t know any secrets for reducing nerve sensitivity (there are 48 nerves in each hand, after all), I […]
Preparation
Currently…
I couldn’t pick a topic and stick to it this week…so here’s a hodgepodge of 5 things I’m currently up to. Eating… Recipes from cookbooks. We have a decent shelfful of cookbooks that I’d been neglecting in favor of my Evernote recipe stash. Recently I’ve been turning to the cookbooks first when meal planning, and […]
How to unstiffen on a long drive (& a giveaway!)
Disclaimer: I am not a medical or fitness professional. This post relates my own experience and is not medical/fitness advice; please do not take it as such. Also, don’t take medical advice from an engineer, just as a general rule. A couple months ago I drove a long way by myself – probably 4,000+ miles […]
Are we doing the best that we can?
I read Brene Brown’s Rising Strong at the end of last year. There’s one concept from the book I’ve been wrestling with ever since: “in general, people are doing in the best they can.” To which I immediately responded, “Are we? Are we really? If this is our best, isn’t that a pretty depressing view of the world?” […]
Summer refreshment: friday five
Some people like to say “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.” I am the opposite: I left as fast as I could because I am Not a Summer Person. I wilt even under our relatively mild Montana summers. But I’m certainly not spending all summer indoors, so […]
“How to Pack” book review
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. I’ve read Hitha on the Go, the author’s blog, for a couple years, so when I saw her new book available for review it was an obvious choice. On first impression, this is a book I would cuddle with: it has a puffy cover, and […]
One sentence per day
I’m not immune to making grandiose plans for the New Year – in fact, I think the planning is half the fun – but a quieter goal kept nagging at me: I need to get back to writing consistently. I call myself a pen-to-paper processor; writing out my jumbled thoughts brings clarity better than anything else. […]
Pickle everything {using your CSA produce}
Since the winter CSA season is about to start, maybe it’s time to pick back up with the CSA posts? Instead of the what I got/what I did with it format, from now on I plan to write more generally about ways to use CSA produce. Some posts will be on ideas for using specific vegetables, and some […]
DIY backpacking meals: just add water
When setting up camp after a full day of backpacking, I’m ready to get food in my mouth as quickly and easily as possible. But I also want a hot meal, and I’m not into the price tag of dehydrated backpacking meals. Solution: DIY backpacking meals prepared with foods already in my pantry that only require […]
Yoga for athletes: resources I use
If you read my previous post on yoga, you know I’ve been inflexible pretty much all my life. While the root cause is probably genetics, I’ve also played sports since elementary school, and added running and strength training during college. Oh, and let’s not forget that younger me didn’t bother with stretching. So by the time I […]