A To Z Blogging Challenge
2021
26 Nerdy Facts About Changing Aging
Reflections on the 2021 April A to Z Challenge
Aspects of the reflections of the high rise towers on the absolutely still surface of the water were both symbolic of my journey through this April challenge, but also served as a metaphor for the introspective meditation I could do when I stilled my mind...
Zeal and Zealotry
Thinking about the terms Zeal and Zealots I was struck by the different opposite emotions that I associate with them. Zeal describes a passion or enthusiasm for an ideal or a cause. The image I have is of energetic vibrant people...
Your Path, Your Way
In my book, Growing Older Living Younger. I tell tales of the twists and turns in my journey to discover how to turn back time, and slow down the progression of the aging phenomena which many see as inevitable. I needed to lose the excess fat I put on during my 4...
Xantho- Xeros- Xylo
Do you know how hard it is to find really interesting X words? The first time I did the AtoZ Blogging Challenge was actually in 2012. I was using Blogger, and the unimaginative title and A entry was 'At Jill's Reviews takes...
Who am I ? Who are You ?
I may have mentioned previously that I'm taking a year-long course on leading, in the 21st Century. We are currently 2/5 of the way through this journey and it has been an unbelievably powerful experience. To do the work, you have to be prepared to dig...
Violets are Blue
Memory is a strange thing- or maybe it's only my memory that's strange. Always was a little quirky. But here is what happened so this post didn't turn out how it was supposed to. While I was thinking about the letter V, this phrase kept popping up...
Unctuous, Uxorious or Urbane?
I love words. I have always preferred words to numbers. There is a preciseness, an objective value attached to a number - at least for those of us who don't want to enter the realm of mathematical theory and philosophy. With my grandson, i can count 5 fingers or toes,...
Three Reasons I Make Bone Broth
I have the process of making my tasty bone broth down to a fine art . Preparation takes me about an hour. The broth simmers all day and overnight. And my freezer is stocked for weeks. My recipe is simple. I buy organic chicken wings and start to cook them while I am...
Roasted Garlic: one of my guilty secrets
Is roasted garlic on your list of favorite foods? I confess it is on mine, and now that I am 'socially distancing' I am enjoying it much more frequently than before. Longer ago than I care to remember, I visited New Orleans for the first time. I was there to present a...
Quercetin, rutin, saffron and turmeric
No, I am not planning to cheat on the daily challenge by including Q,R,S and T in this post. I just surfaced from another voyage of discovery down the curiosity rabbit hole . This time I was trying to make sense of the myriad antioxidants, polyphenols,...
Pruning
Aristotle said 'the more you know, the more you know you don't know'. And Dr. Seuss wrote 'the more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you'll go'. And sure enough this journey...
Overload and Overwhelm
I was out for my early morning power walk along the sea wall. The waters of False Creek were sparkling in the sunlight, birds were chattering away and I inhaled the oxygen in the cool sweet air coming off the water and felt good. My book is in...