Fighting Father Time

Grilling is a year-round event.  I love being able to get outside regardless of the weather and grilling gives me the opportunity. I loved to be outside enjoying the quiet of nature or the sound of kids playing in the neighborhood.  The wind through the trees or the birds chirping.  Fall brings a new treat. The crispness in the air. The changing of colors and the smell of a wood stove warming the house. Soon I'll need to clean up the yard.  Put the chairs away before the snow fall flies.  I still have some wood to split. It will go on the back of the stack. I'll probably mow the lawn once more this season before I rotate the mower to the back of the garage and the snow blower to the front.  Oh yes, I must get some shear pins. Never a dull moment.  For now I'll enjoy my steak.

I live where I grew up.  I've spent most of my life in the same town.  Not because I had to.  I have traveled the world. I've lived in other towns and in other states.  I love where I come from and I was lucky enough to be able to buy my family home after my parents left.   With this said, my children have grown up and gone to the same schools I went to.  I was not what you would call a good student.  I did not enjoy school.  I did not enjoy my classes.  I understood school as a necessary part of life.  In High School I knew that I wanted to be more than I was. I didn't want to just be the kid who hid behind a sense of humor as he struggled through his classes.  Late in my sophomore year I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone.  I started to purposefully do things that I felt would help me grow as a person but things that I was not really comfortable doing. These things included Karate, getting a part time job and public speaking. Over the years these things hav

2016 started out very poorly for me.  I returned from a trip to Chicago at the end of January and I felt horrible.  I had horrible headaches every morning and every time I bent over to tie my shoes my chest ached.  My shoulders hurt, my back hurt.  I was a mess.  The headaches persisted.  I tried neti pot,  Ice, heat, meditation.  Finally I went to the doctor.  I had a sinus infection and my chest pain was diagnosed as  Costochondritis. Costochondritis occurs when the cartilage in these joints becomes inflamed. Rheumatoid  arthritis  is one cause of that inflammation, but you also can get it from an injury or physical strain. The RA inflammation may cause a sharp, stabbing  chest pain that can be mistaken for a heart attack After multiple rounds of antibiotics without relief and having pretty much destroying my intestinal microbiome I sought relief at Middleton Chiropractic in Dover, NH. On March 31st feeling pretty good about my posture and general physique I began a process of

Spring has been busy. 3 apple trees transplanted. Old patio moved to the back and new flagstones put down. The weather hasn't been wonderful but Heidi and I have gotten up to Ogunquit a few times. Each walk is wonderful as it always looks different.