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Category Archives: permaculture
Mountains of Tomato’s
The second half of the month of August is always a joy to me. This is the time where my acquired “Square-foot-gardening” skills start to show the rewards of working those raised bed gardens pay off. The heirloom tomato’s are … Continue reading
Posted in america, diet, family, food, frugal, fun, gardening, health, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, vegan, vegetarian, whole food plant based
Tagged exercise, family, food, fun, gardening, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, simple living, vegan, vegetarian
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A Whole Life
Slowly and carefully I am taking small steps towards going from a Whole 30 diet to a Whole 30 Lifestyle. I suppose you can say I am trying to create a Whole Lifestyle. With new born excitement about not just … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, art, awards, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diet, emergency, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, MAC, marriage, meditation, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, prepared, primal, quit smoking, roses, simple living, stress, the whole 30, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, natural health, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, the whole 30, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, well being, whole 30, whole life, work
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Sometimes we have to get back to simply being human
After just 14 days of changing my diet according to the Whole 30 standards and starting a workout program I have been able to reduce my morning blood sugars to under 100 mg/dl. That’s right! This mornings reading was 98 mg/dl. This … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, body building, debt, diabesity, diet, family, finances, fitness, food, fun, gardening, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, meditation, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, the whole 30, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, body building, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, food, fun, gardening, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, retirement, simple living, strength training, the whole 30, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, whole 30, whole foods, work
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Service to Others
Yesterday I met a woman of 79 years old who tended to the needs of a beautiful home and yard. My purpose for being there was to respond to a complaint of overgrown natural growth at a property next to … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, family, gardening, growing up, health, life, marriage, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, permaculture, simple living, stress, walking, work
Tagged aging, community, exercise, family, fitness, food, fun, gardening, giving, growing up, health, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, permaculture, positive thinking, retirement, service, simple living, walking, work
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Fall gives way to thoughts of new ways of Community Gardening
As the vegetables growing in my raised bed gardens are giving way to fall I am slowly cutting things down to start preparing for next years plans. This seasons yield of crop wasn’t as good as last years as we … Continue reading
Posted in diet, family, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, vegan, vegetarian, work
Tagged adventure, aging, community, exercise, family, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, raised bed gardening, sharing, simple living, vegan, vegetarian, weight loss, work
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Garden Update
It has been several weeks since I did any updates on the raised bed gardens. Everything seems to be growing healthy and quickly. I noticed a few leaves being eaten about two weeks ago so I placed some more mint … Continue reading
Posted in finances, flowers, fun, gardening, health, minimalist, nature, Oregon, permaculture, photography, primal, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, vegetarian
Tagged aging, debt, family, finances, flowers, food, fun, gardening, health, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, paleo, positive thinking, primal, simple living, vegetarian
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Diabesity Challenge Day #48 – A Garden and Elements
Here we are at day #48 of this 365 day mission to challenge this thing we call diabesity. Thus, after a start that included cardio and light strength training has turned around to where I am doing heavy lifting and … Continue reading
Posted in art, body building, diabesity, diet, fitness, food, gardening, health, minimalist, paleo, permaculture, photography, primal, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, walking
Tagged aging, body building, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, health, keto, life, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, paleo, photography, positive thinking, primal, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking, weight loss
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Good Health is Simple Living
I have been writing a lot of posts lately about my own health and my challenges with Type II Diabetes. I tag these posts with “minimalism and simple living” tags. The reason I do this is that I feel one … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, body building, diabesity, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, meditation, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, roses, simple living, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, work
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Diabesity War Day #21 – Gardening and a change in my Workout Plan
Well yesterday was a pretty exciting day as I was blessed with time spent in nature. It started out with finding a beautiful heirloom tomato which we quickly converted into a beautiful BLT for lunch. Then I found four of … Continue reading
Posted in body building, diabesity, fitness, food, fun, gardening, health, intermittent fasting, meditation, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, simple living, type II diabetes, walking
Tagged adventure, aging, body building, changes, diabesity, diabetes, diet, exercise, family, fasting, fitness, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, paleo, positive thinking, primal, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking, weight loss
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Who’s Awesome Today?
Ahhh, I slept in again and it was wonderful. Of course that means that I have very limited time to write this post this morning so I will just share a secret with you. Who ever you are and wherever … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, blogging, body building, camping, debt, emergency, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, MAC, marriage, meditation, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, primal, quit smoking, roses, simple living, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, debt, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, positive thinking, primal, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, work
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