Christmas Spirit

Reporting on my de-scrooging effort, I can say that I did manage to stir up a bit of my Christmas spirit. Having created a spark this year, I plan to fan it into a healthy flame in 2007 – so check back! Meanwhile, I discovered more Christmas music. Look for a music sample on my … Read more

Complete Submersion

Ahh, I now realize that I had only dipped my toes into this new Blogger experience. Now that I have gone through converting my template, some of the mystery has been revealed. There’s no point in looking for the previous posts function that disappeared, it has been replaced with a new an improved archive listing. … Read more

In Search of Mindful Eating

Now that I’m into reading the “You on a Diet” book, I’ve launched into a full online exploration of alternative approaches to healthy eating and weight management. I remembered seeing something about mindful eating that I intended to go back to one day. A web search led me to a number of interesting resources that are in line with my thoughts on dieting. For instance, I found this article “Women who accept their bodies more likely to eat healthy” which says:

“Women who accept their bodies the way they are seem to be more likely to follow principles of healthy eating, new research shows… There’s this belief that if you give people unconditional permission to eat, they are going to binge and add on a lot of pounds. But that’s not what we have found…”

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eMourning the UnTurkey

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As it turns out, others who are also feeling dazed by the untimely demise of the UnTurkey have decided to take an “open source” approach to life after the UnTurkey. And I have to admit that they are speaking to my pain when they say: “… for some of us, the UnTurkey has become a … Read more

Christmas Card Wishes

Correspondence of all kinds have been the bane of my existence for just about as long as I can remember. The heart is willing but the focus just isn’t there. In fact, the more dear the person is to me, the less likely they are to actually hear from me. Email has done little to … Read more

A Generous Spirit

An important part of the Christmas holiday season had always been being full of a spirit of generosity. As I look at what the holidays mean to me now and seek to recapture the magic, I can see that generosity became one of the stumbling blocks for me as I descended into my scroogism. On … Read more