Author Archives: Mel Green

Biking: A Saturday tradition

Or it’s becoming one. Now, I considered (as I did last Saturday) posting this in my health blog Terveys instead of this one, but I decided that, hey, this isn’t just a separate topic now: this is something that I’m … Continue reading

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Terveys: Morning routine

My morning routine has changed a lot since end of December, when I exchanged my long-lived bad exercise & dietary habits for a healthier way. Today’s morning routine is described at Terveys.

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Morning routine

It’s been some time now since I’ve integrated the dietary changes in my life enough that I don’t really have to think one helluva lot about how to put a meal together, or even a full day’s meals, or what … Continue reading

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Terveys: Bike day #4

Another day riding to work on the bike. Read all about it at Terveys.

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Bike day #4

Actually, it’s bike day #5, if you include last Saturday when I rode it downtown for my writing day, & then along the Coastal Trail to Westchester Lagoon & back home again. But this count is of days biking to/from … Continue reading

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Soda pop out of the schools

Well, yeehaw, this is good news. Companies agree to ban on sale of fizzy drinks in schools By Lauren Foster in New York Financial Times Updated: 3:43 p.m. ET May 4, 2006 The world’s three largest soft drink companies on … Continue reading

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Montana "seditionists"

As a born & bred Montanan with German ancestry on my paternal grandmother’s side, I embrace these heroes of sedition. Especially since all it was really was free speech. Mont. Governor Pardons 78 in Sedition CaseMay 4, 4:49 AM (ET) … Continue reading

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Terveys: Start walking

My job & our health insurer have started up a Start Walking program to run through September 30, to encourage employees to walk or do other exercise to increase their physical fitness. I’ve decided to sign up for it. Read … Continue reading

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Tired…

I am really tired today. Not sleepy, but physically tired, like the battery’s run down. I felt a bit like this last night after the bike ride home from work, too. Was I working myself harder than before, biking, or … Continue reading

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The god thing

From the continuing conversation in an online group about life philosphies/religion/spiritual paths — one person there says stuff about religion, especially the organized varieties thereof, that could almost have come from my mouth, with one interesting difference: she is an … Continue reading

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