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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...
Jan 17, 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 15, 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...
Jan 13, 2022


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...
Aug 18, 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...
Jun 17, 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 23, 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 20, 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 19, 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 17, 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 16, 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 14, 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...
May 9, 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...
Apr 10, 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 14, 2020


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...
Feb 6, 2019


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...
Oct 13, 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 25, 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...
Aug 15, 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...
Jun 20, 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...
Mar 21, 2017
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