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Happy Friday! Only 17 shopping days left until Christmas and 4 until Hanukkah. First a reflection on 2017 2017 has been a great year. I’ve met more and more lovely people doing lovely things – following their dreams and making positive changes in their lives and the lives of others both human and animal. It has been a time for...

Happy Friday! I started practicing yoga regularly less than a year ago. I am kind of allergic to planned exercise as in – I have to set my alarm to make this class – type exercise. However, yoga has proved to be worth it and I have stuck to it. I practice outside on the grass with positive people, work on...

Happy Friday! I, like you, read this as mother fu@ker but it is pronounced ‘M-T-H-F-R.’ The MTHFR gene mutation has been getting some recent press since actress Courtney Cox announced that she has it. In short, this gene mutation dictates how the body methylates. While I read that nearly 50% of people have some form of the MTHFR gene mutation, it...

Oats, scientifically known as avena sativa, are a hearty cereal grain consumed all over the world. Historically, oats were a staple food in Europe and were brought to the United States in the 17th century by Scottish settlers. Today, the U.S. is one of the major producers of oats. Due to their higher fat (good fat!) content than other grains, oats...

Happy Friday! I heard the word ‘puerro’ many times along the Camino but it was not in my Spanish vocabulary so while I knew it was a vegetable, I never thought to ask which one. It turns out, puerro is leek and makes for a damn good, no-fluff, soup. I first tried Sopa de Puerro y Patata (leek and potato...

Happy Friday! I am back in Miami after 1.5 months walking and biking the Camino from the border of France and Spain to the ‘end of the world,’ Finisterre, on the West coast of Spain in the Galicia region. Today, the Camino is a pilgrimage traveled by a quarter of a million people each year. The original pilgrims were actually pagans...

Happy Friday! First, El Camino de Santiago Update: Today is a rest day on the Camino de Santiago.  I wrote this post before I left and set it to go out automatically today. Since I knew our schedule more or less in advance, I can tell you that we just linked up with our dear friend Sheri in Lyon, Spain and tomorrow...

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! 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...