Fur-Trader and City-Slicker Frolic in the Woods
When I was a child, my love of the outdoors knew no bounds. This wasn’t always an easy feat givenContinue Reading
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Thanks a Lot Mom, I’m Chubby Again
My partner would be the first to admit she’s no fan of the gym. Luckily this isn’t a problem forContinue Reading
Good Things Come to Those Who Don’t Wait (For Death)
We’re all going to die. Not necessarily soon, but eventually. I hope that doesn’t come as a surprise. We haveContinue Reading
My Name is Edmund, and I Am a Very, Very Bad Man Who Loves Bacon
My name is Edmund K Saunders, and I love bacon. There, I said it. Now I can dispense with allContinue Reading
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So, ‘What do you do’, to Improve This Conversation?
It’s the time of year where obligation drags us to parties we could easily have blown off in April. It’sContinue Reading
Why I Hate Golf
I hate golf. In my teens and twenties I played it dozens and dozens of times. I took a numberContinue Reading
Trust Me, You Do Not Want to Know What is Going on In Here
Those four words. Like dogs to a high-pitched whistle and flies to mortally electrifying light, they render the same degreeContinue Reading
This is My Yoga
I am eternally grateful for the practice. Grateful to be here in one whole piece and not fragmented and feeling pulled in so many different directions by life. I am grateful to be capable of gratitude at all, instead of filled with cynicism. So, I’d like to share the insights I’ve had in my yoga practice with the hope if you’re struggling to find some peace of mind you will start down the path to changing that for yourself. Or, if you’re looking to be grateful for something when it seems like your habit is to be agitated or filled with dissatisfaction or ill-will, here’s something that may help with that. Maybe there’s some appeal in my experiences of yoga that encourage you to take actions to move beyond whatever it is within yourself that stands in the way of your joy and equanimity.
The Dumb Dog, The Cheshire Cat, and the Big Brown Bear
It’s said they are man’s best friend, but since my teens I’ve had a love-hate relationship with dogs. When IContinue Reading
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My Hugh Jackman Man-Crush
A guy has to respect when his eyes behold a tall, well-built, talented, and maddeningly handsome man who also seems genuine and is not a total asshole.
Bacon: My Gateway Meat
There’s something about bacon that keeps bringing me back to meat. Throughout my life I’ve had many solid stints ofContinue Reading
The World and All its Plans, Foiled Again by ADD
The other day I was running really late to my kung fu class, which I help instruct, and I hadn’tContinue Reading
