Organ Pipes (aug 29) →

Published April 5, 2015  ·  All posts on Apr 5

We picked Organ Pipes to be our last climb on Lumpy Ridge. This was our last day in Estes Park Colorado. We had been camping just inside the Rocky Mountain National Park at the Aspen Glen campground and it was a short drive to the Lumpy Ridge parking area.

As we approached the parking area, the Twin Owls are impossible to miss. They look exactly like two roosting owls. Below them, just in front of them, is a light colored triangle of rock. It actually took us a bit of hiking around to find our climb. But as we drove away, we realized Organ Pipes is tucked in the shadow, just to the left of the big triangle of light-colored rock. When we reached the top of the climb, we were at the base of the Owls.

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Inflammation and intermittent fasting →

Published April 4, 2015  ·  All posts on Apr 4  ·  ,

This entry is part 12 of 25 in the series M. Eades' Blog

These posts, particularly the one on inflammation, inspired a host of questions on whether intermittent fasting decreases inflammation. Based on my knowledge of the medical literature on inflammation and intermittent fasting I’m pretty sure that it does. A recent paper presents data indicating that it indeed does.

The April 2007 issue of Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism includes an article on the positive changes in inflammatory markers brought about by the intermittent fasting Muslims undergo during Ramadan.

~ Michael Eades from, «http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/intermittent-fasting/inflammation-and-intermittent-fasting/»

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Wonder and skepticism →

Published April 3, 2015  ·  All posts on Apr 3  ·  ,

Not only could nobody tell me, but nobody even had the sense that it was an interesting question. They looked at me funny. I asked my parents; I asked my parents’ friends; I asked other adults. None of them knew. My mother said to me, “Look, we’ve just got you a library card. Take it, get on the streetcar, go to the New Utrecht branch of the New York Public Library, get out a book and find the answer.”

~ Carl Sagan

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The other is a disease →

Published April 2, 2015  ·  All posts on Apr 2  ·  

This distinction holds for adult reading too. The dangerous fantasy is always superficially realistic. The real victim of wishful reverie does not batten on the Odyssey, The Tempest, or The Worm Ouroboros: he (or she) prefers stories about millionaires, irresistible beauties, posh hotels, palm beaches and bedroom scenes—things that really might happen, that ought to happen, that would have happened if the reader had had a fair chance. For, as I say, there are two kinds of longing. The one is an askesis, a spiritual exercise, and the other is a disease.

~ C.S. Lewis from, C.S. Lewis on the Three Ways of Writing for Children and the Key to Authenticity in All Writing

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The smart way to stick to habits →

Published April 1, 2015  ·  All posts on Apr 1  ·  

Sticking to a new habit isn’t easy — but if you set up your habit change smartly, you can make it stick.

~ Leo Babauta from, The Smart Way to Stick to Habits

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Gift of silence →

Published March 31, 2015  ·  All posts on Mar 31  ·  

“You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,” said he,
“It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.”

~ Arthur C. Doyle

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Heading home →

Published March 30, 2015  ·  All posts on Mar 30  ·  

All aborad!! bound with wifi, and Fresh oatmeal cookies (my abs fave!) from Chez Anton!

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Laché →

Published March 29, 2015  ·  All posts on Mar 29  ·  ,

First laché to arm-jump ever. Many thanks to Mike Jones for pushing me for a couple hours at BKB!

 

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Cat →

Published March 29, 2015  ·  All posts on Mar 29  ·  ,

Longest cat I think I’ve ever done. Climbup still needs lots of work!

 

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C’est finit →

Published March 29, 2015  ·  All posts on Mar 29  ·  ,

If you know what this sheet is, then you will know why I am darn proud to have it entirely filled in! Thanks Blake, and everyone who’s helped me so much!

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