the six-month saga of chickens

Life as a chicken parent hasn't been easy. I started off last May with 11 fuzzy babies: Two Araucanas and nine Brahmas (three...

warm fuzzies

You know the feeling. Like finishing a really good book. Or taking a sip of broth from that perfectly salty-savory bowl of ramen....

food, glorious food.

Yet another reason why I'm a terrible person and should never be your role model: I ate about a quarter of the salad I ordered for...

fitness faux pas

I'd like to think that one day, I will get through an indoor trainer session without being overcome by nausea. I actually had to...

fatness

Confession: Whenever I start a training cycle, I feel like crap -- like I'm out of shape and doughy and basically just huge and slow...

more than a spin

Major goal for 2013: Suck less on the cycling leg. (In other words, go faster, get stronger and stay upright.) So when Thai suggested...

touring

Perhaps you'll recall that time, oh so long ago, when I mentioned I was getting a new bike. She arrived in October -- small and...

where's the ... ?

Been traveling in Southern California since Monday with three winemakers on a Cabernet-focused tour. In other words, I've been...

perhaps this is tmi

Let's just say that tonight I learned the origin of the phrase "copy cat."...

so far, so good

After toasting the start of 2013 with a little bit of this ... ... I woke up this morning, laced up my Ravennas and ran the...