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Butterflies and Heart Songs: December 2014
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Monday, December 8, 2014. Five Days on Celebrity Infinity. December 4, Embarcation. I haven’t referred to it in my blog posts, but I’ve read Michael Pollen’s books over the last several months. I’m sold on his explanation of:. Rule #1: Eat food. [Don’t consume any food that your grandmother wouldn’t recognize - for example, processed foods]. Rule #2: Not too much. Rule #3: Mostly plants. Now, how simple is that? I’m better off not taking that first bite. We’ll see how it goes onboard. First thing this mo...
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Butterflies and Heart Songs: November 2014
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. Evening Before "Ironman Cozumel" Day. Logo for Ironman Cozumel. Both "kids" are strong swimmers; however, they don’t consider themselves at the top of their respective categories, having a substantially energetic style with endurance to spare. I've been watching them swim together these last few days - their stroke-style is very similar and they look beautiful in the water (mom speaking! 189; hours. The end of the bike segment will be right in the most. Deck outside living an...
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Butterflies and Heart Songs: February 2015
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Dinner Party for Good Friends. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Linda and I came up with a menu and prepared everything before our guests arrived:. Guatemalan cream cheese topped with Linda's homemade chutney and served with delicious and crispy corn crackers sold in our one 'supermarket' in Antigua, Bodogona. Roast pork loin marinated in Argentinean chimichuri sauce. Glazed carrots with butter-brown sugar glaze. Pan roasted zucchini with olive oil and balsamic flavoring. Here th...
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Butterflies and Heart Songs: October 2014
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Saturday, October 11, 2014. Finished, But Not Home - Yet. Yes, Kari and her friend, Andrea, finished the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim hike in just over 12 hours! I talked with her last evening and her first description of the endeavor was, ". . .The hardest thing I've ever done in my life! I'll drive to the Sacramento airport to pick her up (or scoop her up! The final 6 miles, climbing up to the south rim from the canyon floor took an hour per mile! I just thank God she finished with what appears to be no ser...
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Butterflies and Heart Songs: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014. I Will Not Die an Unlived Life. Tuesday, the last day of September, 2014:. Living Wide Open: Landscapes of the Mind. I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear. Of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days,. To allow my living to open me,. To make me less afraid,. To loosen my heart. Until it becomes a wing,. A torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance. To live so that which came to me as seed. Goes to the net as blossom,. Goes on as fruit.