It feels like my New Year’s resolution to get healthier was forever ago at times and at other times I feel like such a newbie at this getting in shape thing. Today is one of those days where I felt both at the same time! Today I went out to CrossFit Seventy in Wentzville, Missouri to [...]
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Z is for Zoonoses — Zoonoses Isn’t Something Farmers Can Laugh About
The word zoonoses…. seeing that on my screen makes me wonder how many of us giggle at the idea of zoo noses. You know, like an elephant’s trunk or the orangutan’s smooshed up nose? But zoonoses doesn’t have a space and it is a really serious topic for livestock farmers and ranchers. The World Health [...]
Great Lunch Meetup at Nadoz & Vino Nadoz
The St. Louis Bloggers Group (#STLBloggers) had a Sunday meetup this week and the great foks at Nadoz Cafe and Vino Nadoz Wine Bar hosted us in great style! (Note the pronunciation is like the final syllables of Coronado’s since their other restaurant is in Hotel Coronado.) Thanks to Lindsay Williams Itzkowitz from Itz Linz for getting the [...]
What can be done about the obesity crisis?
This was in my Google+ stream this morning as I flipped around social media. I looked at the post, especially Mike Elgan’s question “What can be done about the obesity crisis?” and the photo and got to thinking. I have to say some of the comments…. I could see some have thought about it before [...]
Mindfulness in Food May Be What We Need
I can remember friends saying they were carb-loading for a big race. They wanted that energy that can sustain you for a long run or whatever. Pasta, cereal, etc were the way to go. Compare that to the foods we were generally eating at the time. Breakfast was cereal at times, eggs and bacon others, [...]
Weight Loss Tools I’m Using Includes @FitBit
I know a lot of bloggers get freebies sent their way to write up reviews and all but since this is a weekend past-time, I seem to miss out on most of those things. I do however, end up now and then wanting to post about a product I’ve used and found helpful. So what [...]
My New Year’s Resolution — I’ve Made a lot of Progress
On Tuesday I sent a simple tweet as I was pretty pumped about an accomplishment. I said “Hit another weight loss goal today! Means its time to set the next one so I can keep up the progress! #fitness #health” Hit another weight loss goal today! Means its time to set the next one so I can [...]
Making a Meaningful Personal New Year’s Resolution
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions very often but this year, I thought it would be good for me to share what I’m resolving to do because I know some of you will hold me accountable!. New Year’s resolutions have sort of become the butt of jokes and it leads lots of psychologists to really [...]
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G is for GMOs — What are GMOs & Why Do Farmers Plant GMO Crops?
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A is for Agriculture — an A to Z Series about Agriculture
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Cotton Gin in Kansas Made Me Pump My Brakes
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E is for Elevator — an A to Z Series about Agriculture
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Stereotype Busters And A Need to Vent
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Hearing “I Would Never Live in Tornado Alley” & Wondering
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What’s your favorite cheese? & Some of My Cheese-Related Travel
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A New Image to go with the History of Japanese Internment
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Trying Out CrossFit For a Change of Pace With Fitness
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Observing Memorial Day at Memphis National Cemetery
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awastell: Chris, this is such a great reply to Kylee's ques...
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Janice Person: Seriously... you and I are so on the same page her...
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Who is JP?
Thanks for stopping by and wondering what I am about. My passions are photography, travel and agriculture -- love spending time taking pictures on a farm far from home. Putting all those things together its understandable that differences in culture are intriguing to me…. I can spend a lot of time soaking up things. Its almost always a colorful adventure!
