Navigating a Food Desert

I found myself standing in line at the local supermarket last night. As I impatiently waited, I caught myself reading the labels on the food that belonged to the guy in front of me. Nope I silently said to myself that’s not food. Looking at the other items on the checker stand I suddenly realized none of the food the guy picked was real food….

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Raccoons, Roosters & Rain, Oh My!

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, then you know just how miserably wet it has been this winter. I’m not talking typical, Seattle misting and gray clouds, I’m talking completely soaking, moldy, muddy, muckiness. If I wasn’t ready to move somewhere sunnier before, I sure am now. Needless to say the girls (ahem, and boy) haven’t been too impressed. Even though their Run is…

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Less Stuff, More Opportunity

Stuff has a peculiar way of creeping into your life. One. little. item. at. a. time. A new pair of jeans, that second garlic press, that trinket your Aunt gave you at graduation. It’s a constant influx. And over the holidays, it only gets worse. There’s times when it feels like there’s just no stopping the incoming tide, and then, all of a sudden, you…

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