Seven weeks into my focus on health, understanding glucose is my focus. The state of my glucose tests Last night, not long after dinner, my glucose measured 125. This morning at 4:52 am, it was 115. And around 9:15 am it was 98. The highest reading I’ve ever seen was 157, and that […]
Insulin resistance and hormone imbalance is a widespread problem in the US It’s a problem for me personally. My fasting glucose was at the upper recommended limit. I went to the doctor and got blood tests. And while the doctor wasn’t concerned, I am. And I set out to do something about it. I’m not […]
On November 30, I was at the doctor’s office for an annual checkup. I commented, “Losing weight is easy. Just don’t eat sugar.” Thirty-five days later, I want to share my perspective on this comment. I’ve learned a lot, and I lost 20 pounds to get to what the NIH health calculator says is a […]
Today is the first day of winter. The last day of winter is March 20, 2022. I decided that this is going to be the best winter of my life and am working to make this happen.Here’s the planI am focusing on my mind, body and spirit, and the following are my goals to complete […]
First I want to talk about the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trails Forum. I was at a Pennsylvania Trails Forum meeting on Friday, and I met people engaged in building, supporting and promoting trail development. Janet Sweeney, of Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), invited me to talk about the NE PA Trails map we are doing, and I […]
This is my month to suggest books for book club. We just finished reading Swerve. I have preordered The Every, a novel by David Eggers, but that doesn’t come out until Mid-November. Our last book club fiction was The Alchemist. Discussion of a scene in that book strengthened my resolve to go on a multi-day […]
Before I forget, I wanted to record the trip on the above map. It provides points of reference. Pre-trip: We stayed at a Keuka lake house the night before our trip. On our drive up, we had tacos in Owego. I thought the variety of tacos was really good. By renting the house at Keuka […]
Andy Strauss, John Cromwell and I started out on a bike trip to Michigan from the Penn Yan, in the Finger Lakes of New York, on October 3o. I needed to veer off in Buffalo. After staying with Blue Hannon, I took Amtrak from Depew Station to Albany. From Rennselaer, NY I biked to Mills-Norrie […]
When the New York Central System was sold off to form Conrail in the 1970’s, a lot of history was lost. Who wanted to store an office building basement worth of old documents? And today these may be one of a kind.My neighbor was gracious enough to let me remove some maps and elevation profiles […]
It’s great to have friends who want to bike north from Philadelphia to Binghamton, New York. I was thinking about this, and it’s about 230 to 240 miles. You can go west through Tunkhannock, past Lake Carey where I lived as a kid. Or you can take the D&H Trail north from Simpson. This is […]