Slower Sunday: Out of the Wild
The wildflowers of Utah. I saw them all out there last year. Carpets of them, right up to the edge of every hiking trail. But you don't usually see them around here.
80 Ways: A Chocolate World: Orangettes
80 recipes. Based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Lots of them have a third: chocolate. Which has a GL near zero.
The Norski Trail: made in the shade
The shade of thousands of aspen trees make this hike cool, high and dry. Just above 10,000' of elevation, near the base of the Santa Fe Ski Basin in New Mexico. It's beautiful. It's an easy cruise, less than one hour. Click for the Top 10 Reasons To Take A Hike.
Vivid Chocolate Memories
I have many vivid memories that involve chocolate. I always thought this was purely about deliciousness. Now it turns out that chocolate may be responsible for vivid memories of everything. This is big news: Baby Boomers on a high-cocoa diet improved their memories in 3 months!
80 Ways: Fishing in Japan. Tuna Tartare
80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Like this luscious and light-but-satisfying tuna tartare. Today's World Ocean Day: get your fish from a healthy, sustainable fishery.
80 Ways: Mediterranean Ratatouille
80 Ways to eat very well. 80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. From very different places with very different diets. But they all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Let's start in the Mediterranean.
Summer Stretch: Your Hamstrings
Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Now, on the floor. On your back. To improve the flexibility of these very large muscles that contribute to lower back and leg pain if you let them tighten and contract over the years.
Slower Sunday: The Early Bird Catches
I was out for an early walk. Right here in Gotham City. I mean, how many times do you get to see something like this?
80 Ways: English Muffins with your Wimbledon (memories)?
Fit for the Royal Box. Whether or not you're watching tennis on TV. Another Better Cheaper kitchen revelation. You can make them yourself. And you can make them Better than Thomas'. For a fraction of the store-bought cost.
A quick high above Hanalei
A lovely little hike to a panoramic view of Hanalei and its Bay. Just a mile and a quarter and 1,200' up to the big vista. A perfect example of a short hike that gives you a real sense of having scaled the heights and climbed a mountain. Between breakfast and lunch.