Water Fast - Day 1
My breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the duration of my fast. Weight: 156.6# Energy: 7/10 (average) Attitude: 7/10...
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Jan 15, 2022
Day Before the Fast
I haven’t tested my urine for ketones yet, but I am in ketosis now; I am sure of it. Last night felt very familiar and similar to what I...
Jan 13, 2022
Preparing for My Water Fast
1/5/2022 Just a few notes on my preparations for my upcoming fast. I have not had any alcohol since New Year’s Eve. I have switched my...
Aug 18, 2020
COVID19 Journal
Five months ago I was counselled to keep a COVID19 journal. This is truly an unique time in which we are living; one about which our...
Jun 17, 2020
11-Day Fast, Wrap-up
I ended my fast after day 11. On the whole, the experience was not the introspective, spiritual, sense-sharpening, body-healing...
May 23, 2020
Day 10
I just had a nightmare that I forgot I was fasting and ate a baby carrot and mini Twix bar. Forgot I was fasting, ha! Initially I was...
May 20, 2020
Day 7 - A Down and an Up
Day 6 was a bit rough, is why you didn’t hear from me. I was feeling very much not good – just like what happened during my last long...
May 19, 2020
Extended Fast - Day 5 - Adulthood
What I said last night, about not knowing whether I was hungry, this introspection is one of the benefits of fasting. To be in new place...
May 17, 2020
Day 4 - Another Reason to Fast
I want to know what I am capable of. I have a long-standing agreement with myself that, unless something is bad for me, I am bound to at...
May 16, 2020
Extended Fast - Day 3
(At work on my fasting project: New over-door signage) Not much to report from yesterday. Just a little hungry. But waking up this...
May 14, 2020
Extended Fast - Day 1
My fast began today at 13hh. I have never started a fast after lunch before. Even though I have not missed my normal dinner time yet, the...
May 9, 2020
Work is Good
People who are under orders to stay at home do not, it appears, worry much about dressing up for the occasion. So my business has pretty...
Apr 10, 2020
Negative Space
The Coronavirus Change has created plenty of space for new situations, new routines, and new emotions. There is a risk of blundering...
Feb 14, 2020
A Taste of Something Different
I feel… betrayed? wronged? tricked? Without warning my beer, the beer I selected from amongst all others to be “my beer” and have...
Feb 6, 2019
Living in the Past
Ad copy from the 1950’s has a magical ability to transport me to a time when, I imagine, life was slower, simpler, and happier. Neighbors...
Oct 13, 2017
Playing Games
I dreamt that I was dragging my sled back up a snowy hill. I paused to wish that I had a camera, to take a picture of my precious...
Aug 25, 2017
Literary Confection
I just finished writing a 2-paragraph letter to my sister. It took me approximately one hour to warm-up; write the letter; and layout and...
Aug 15, 2017
Letter-Writing
Calligraphy has been a low-level interest of mine for approximately 10 years. With my sewing business maturing and my children off to...
Jun 20, 2017
Father's Day
After two articles about gifting, it is appropriate that I tell you what my daughter got me for Father’s Day. I had taken my children out...
Mar 21, 2017
A Tailor’s Thoughts on Clothing and Wardrobe
Here are some of my thoughts on wardrobe management and maintenance. If you have multiple pieces of clothing in your closet that you have...
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