Killer Bagels: the Pros and Cons of Eating Wheat
Wheat products make up a huge portion of the food we Americans eat every day. We all know sugar is bad for us, but few really think about wheat. I’m focusing on wheat today, but a lot of this applies to all grains that contain gluten.
Addiction to Sugar Is Addiction to an Old Identity
Previous post on fatness. Disclaimer: since I've become properly obese, I re-read these old posts and see my body dysmorphia and obsession with food and weight. It's sad to me now. Geneen Roth's Women Food and God isn't about GOD God, but about love and freedom from...
Yoga with Dog
Photo by Bob Martin, Chicago, IL USA Sometimes Ozzie gets a little too close.
I Need Friends Who Can Survive the Good Times
After decades of working through depression, personal issues and unhealthy relationships -- with people and with food -- I feel like I've come out on the other end. (See my previous post for one version of a summary of those years.) Now most days I'm in a remarkably...
Maine Vacation USA (Bob’s Photos)
I'm lucky to be married to a photographer. I rarely think of taking pictures, plus I love having my picture taken. Bob is good. We started in Portland, Maine USA Photo by Bob Martin. Did some shopping in Portland, Maine and bought this tank top Photo by Bob Martin....
Maine Vacation USA (My photos)
This is why I haven't posted in a week and a half. For the first time, I visited Maine. Bob vacationed in Maine years ago and has been wanting to take me. It was a beautiful trip. I took most of these photos, but I'm no photographer. Monhegan Island, Maine USA at...
“The Weight of the Nation”
Bifocals, yeah!
I'm excited to announce that I've decided to get bifocals. I needed them a year and a half ago, but didn't want to spend the money. Since then my eyes have gotten worse, so it's time. I want the old-fashioned bifocals with the line, so I can appear properly middle...
What’s It Like to Be in an Interracial Marriage?
My parents, my father's parents and I were born in the U.S; my mother's parents and my dad's grandparents were born in Mexico. I was raised in the very homogeneous Walnut Creek, California in the 1970s and '80s when it was very Anglo and middle class. There were...
Must Eat Brains: Animal Organs Are Good for Us
In the AMC series American Horror Story, Jessica Lange’s character brings animal offal to her neighbor, Vivian, to support Vivian's pregnancy. She says that parts such as brain and liver are critical to having a healthy baby. We watch Vivian’s horror, but see her...
International No Diet Day
Get ready for International No Diet Day on Sunday the 6th! How about it? You might wonder if a day of eating everything in sight really better than watching what you eat. I think the day isn't about going off your diet, but about trusting yourself to eat in...
Still an Atheist
This Thursday on the United States' National Day of Prayer, nontheists will have a National Day of Reason and recently Washington D.C. saw the Rally of Reason. Coming out as an atheist is becoming one of the bravest moves an American can make, especially if she's a...