Happy Friday! First, El Camino de Santiago Update: Today we are on Trail Day #18 of the Camino de Santiago and planning to walk from Castrojeriz to Boadilla del Camino – 19 kilometers or about 12 miles – our average distance on this journey. The afore-mentioned leg assumes we have not yet taken a day of rest. If we do, then we are more...
Happy Friday! First, El Camino de Santiago Update: I am walking the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain over the next several weeks. Today we are on Trail Day #4 and planning to walk from Akerreta to Cizur Menor – 19 kilometers or about 12 miles – an average distance on this journey. I will keep you posted on our Camino...
Happy Friday! I finally got to my post on skin cancer. This post came about because I was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on my face and on my back about a month ago. The nurse called me a day after the biopsy and said, ‘You have cancer in both places and you need to have mohs surgery right...
Happy Friday! I had planned to write about skin cancer today but the topic of stress and panic attacks keeps popping up so I’m going with that. I will write about my basal cell carcinoma experience next week. Again, I’m not worried about the BCC diagnosis AT ALL. Sooooo…I get stressed. A lot. I come from a family of stressy people. Calm...
Happy Friday! My little cottage is being tented for termites this week so I am at a (super awesome, gorgeous) friends’ with my pack of ‘wild’ animals. Between planning for El Camino de Santiago and now prepping for the tenting, I am exhausted. If you know me well, you would know I removed literally EVERYTHING but the furniture from my...
Happy Friday! My dear friend and I are gearing (literally) up for 6 week trip to walk and bike the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain later this month. As we get closer to our departure date, I become more and more fascinated with the ‘Camino’ and its history. I had never heard of this pilgrimage route before July 2016 and now I...
Happy Friday! If you use chemical dyes on your hair, this is a must read. If you know someone who uses chemical dyes, please make sure they read this post or do their own research on the dangers of chemical hair dyes and the natural options available. As far as I know, and I have researched this topic extensively, there are two...
Happy Friday! Today’s post is going to be short, tart and sweet. As I write this, I am baking lemony rice pudding for inspiration. Recipe to follow. Lemons, scientifically known as citrus limon, likely originated in China or India and eventually spread throughout Europe. We can thank Christopher Columbus for bringing those little balls of yellow sunshine to the New World in the...
Happy Friday! The practice of giving gratitude daily is essential for good health. Thankful people have less inflammation, improved immunity, better heart rhythms, less depression and fatigue. Gratitude is the antidote to stress. Do you ever notice that really positive, optimistic people have all the luck in the world? I know one such person. However, it is not luck that keeps...
Happy Friday! If you ever have the pleasure of doing jury duty, you will likely need many snacks to get through the boredom of waiting to be picked or sent home. I can tell you from personal experience (it’s my turn to fulfill my civic duty today) that food choices in and around the Miami Courthouse are severely limited. I...
