I’m headed to Colorado again to spend some time with my two granddaughters, son, and daughter-in-law. And then a road trip. My plan A was to do a four-day, three-night backpacking trip into the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, but my son’s lower back-issues forced us to change our trajectory. Plan B is a…
I remember my first week of basic training in the United States Air Force. There’s a lot to learn. Really, it’s indoctrination. Military bearing. You’re learning to stop being a civilian and act like an Airman, a Marine, a Soldier, or a Sailor. They teach you how to salute. They show you, then have you…
Are You Addicted to Food? I was a precocious five-year-old. Very curious. Very talkative like my mother. And like most children my age, innocent. My parents said that I was the easiest of nine to raise. Maybe I misheard them, but that’s what I want to believe. And so, I’m guessing that it would surprise…
Look in the mirror. What do you see? You might see your mother or father. I do. I try remembering when my father was my age. My father was 30 years older than me, so I was 37 when he was 67, the age that I am now. That was 1993. I had moved to…
What Was the one Moment That Changed Your Life? I tell my sons and granddaughters that they are here today because the Navy Recruiter had gone to lunch. Let me explain. I graduated from high school in 1974. Geez, I’m getting old, yay. I went to work with my father and Jackson Engineering after high…
Breaking Up with Food by Using Self-Binding Strategies “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in an Age of Indulgence,” by Anna Lembke My wife and I love to use bed and breakfasts when we travel. We stayed in one called Cactus Cove in Tucson on one of our recent trips. We had a desert view of the…
Why Can’t I Stay Broke Up? Because You Got Issues! I’ve been a therapist for almost 30 years. It’s hard to believe. In those early years, I trained as a Child and Family Therapist. Lots of parent trainings. For many of the children, I became a surrogate father. I would take them on walks through…
What’s the Hardest Thing You’ve Done? Seven days. Six nights. 17000+/- ft. of elevation. 41 miles. 45 lbs. Minus 2 toenails. One of the hardest things I’ve done. The Grand Canyon. I wanted to test myself. What a better place to do that than the Grand Canyon. It was 2009. I was 52 years old,…
Keep It Simple Stupid “What has been will be again. What has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 How many diets are there? Lots! Wikipedia has a page entitled, List of Diets. There are belief-based diets. Buddhist diet. Jain diet. Islamic diet. Kosher diet. 70 Adventist…
Why is Breaking Up with Food so Hard to Do? (Part One) I confess. I love the series, The Office. In the past, Rommie (my wife) and I would start watching it on December 21, the first day of winter and try to stretch it out throughout the winter until March 21. We hated the…
