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Estes Park Colorado Travel Big

Estes Park Colorado Travel Big

Estes Park is home to the famous Rocky Mountain National Park and since no commercial businesses are allowed within the national park it is a big draw for visitors who want to get away and enjoy the beauty of one of our great national parks. The population in the 2010...

Boulder Colorado

Boulder Colorado

Next week we are going to visit Boulder Colorado. I'm excited as it is supposed to be one of the sunniest cities in the U.S. According to reports it gets over 300 days of sunshine per year. Boulder is home to the main campus of the University of Colorado. It is also...

Beautiful Clouds

Beautiful Clouds

Over the past week we have been watching a developing storm in the Gulf of Mexico. It will bypass us and head toward the Texas coast. Watching the clouds develop in the tail of this storm on radar has me thinking about them; their complexity and our amazement. Clouds...

Healthy Fried Green Tomatoes

Healthy Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes Fried Green Tomatoes is one of those dishes you think of when you think of the South. It is a wonderful place to live with the warm sunshine and smell of magnolia's in the air, but the food can be very fattening. So when I found this low calorie...

Banana-Oat Breakfast Cookies

Banana-Oat Breakfast Cookies

Breakfast cookies are not usually something we think about, but we should. What could be easier when you or the kids are trying to get out of the house in the hurry in the morning than a breakfast cookie. The protein in this cooky is the same as that of an egg; who...

Should we live in the present?

Should we live in the present?

I noticed a distinct difference between the way Europeans & Americans view their environment when I visited Europe. Because Europeans live in an environment of old, seemingly permanent, structures they have developed an ethos of "care taking". Whereas Americans...

People are just people all over the world

People are just people all over the world

It is funny how we characterize ourselves and then we live up to those characterizations. My husband, the therapist, would say "you just have to re-frame yourself". Well, easier said than done. I characterize myself as a non-reader. Ok, I know how to read, but I just...