Month: October 2006

Living an uncluttered life

October 16, 2006 | 2 comments

My wife panics when I get into a serious cleaning mode. I don’t like clutter. I easily part with things that sit around unused. I can sort through a closet jammed with clothes, books, trinkets, and other dust-catching objects and

Smaller portions of food

October 15, 2006 | 4 comments

My wife, Kathy, recently started buying bread in smaller loaves. The kids and I looked at the miniature sandwich slices and complained about their tiny size. Kathy pointed out that when she was a kid, all bread slices were that

Shaping up from within

October 15, 2006 | No comments yet

I haven’t read Victoria Moran’s book “Fit from within,” but I like some of the ideas she has to share on losing weight without diets by integrating a spiritual component. She wrote in part: The people I know who maintain

God amidst the storm

October 14, 2006 | 1 comment

Sent to me by a reader… Ballad of the Tempest By James Fields We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep,– It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. ‘Tis

Computer crashes and experts

October 12, 2006 | 2 comments

At 5 a.m. this morning I sat down at my computer to blog for the day. I looked at the screen and my user account had vanished overnight along with all my documents, emails, and financial information. My eyes about