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Category Archives: Doing Without
Mediterranean Course Correction
I inquired of Google this morning: “What is the Mediterranean lifestyle?” The first answer I found—and the one I intend on adapting as my own—was this, from a blog entitled, The Mediterranean Dish in a post labeled Live the Mediterranean … Continue reading
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Being Better or Dying Trying
This paragraph completes this post; I wrote this paragraph after I wrote the rest of it. I write this to remind myself, and anyone else who stumbles on these words, that I have to write in order to know what … Continue reading
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Reprise of Doing Without
Even years later, I keep coming back to this. Something about it holds me in its clutches. Something about it calls for action. Just four months shy of five years ago, I decided to begin an experiment whereby I would … Continue reading
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Doing Without, or Doing, Again
In August 2013, I started what I intended to be a year in which I would “do without” something I was used to for a month at a time. At the end of the year, according to my plan, I … Continue reading
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Comfort Versus Luxury
At what point does comfort cross into luxury? That question came to me this morning, unexpectedly, while I was checking the clothes dryer. I washed a mish-mash of clothes last night—jeans, t-shirts, socks, etc.—but forgot about them. When I awoke … Continue reading
The City
I can imagine living in the city, right in the heart of the city, waking early to seek out breakfast from street vendors or little hole-in-the-wall dives that open early so they can capture every possible customer in their efforts … Continue reading
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Cornish Pasties
I did it. I made Cornish Pasties, ostensibly a “Great Lakes” regional dish. It was my second “Regional Cuisine of the U.S. and Canada” endeavor of the month, the first being American Chop Suey. I did not bother with photos … Continue reading
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Kitchen Travel
My experiment in doing without has evolved from the original plan. I started and ended my absence from social media (except this blog) early and curtailed my month of meatlessness after three weeks or so. I am returning to my … Continue reading
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Bye-bye, Facebook
I’m modifying my “doing without” schedule. For reasons I’ll touch on briefly below, I decided the remainder of meatless October will shift to beginning my month of doing without social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter. I’ll allow this blog … Continue reading
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What Is This Teaching Me?
So, here I am in the midst of another month of doing without. My plan calls for doing without, for one month at a time, something I enjoy; this month, I’m depriving myself of a category of food I enjoy: meat. … Continue reading
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Doing Without: A Meat-Free October
September is winding down. If I choose, I can celebrate on October 1 with a stiff drink or a beer, but I’m beginning to think I should stick with September’s commitment to doing without alcohol. At the very least, I should … Continue reading
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Doing Without Alcohol: Alternative Addictions?
My perception of my year of doing without is changing. My casual experiment is having unexpected results. I’m thinking of things I didn’t allow myself to think before I started this. This is my month for doing without alcohol. Iced … Continue reading
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Doing Without: First Success
The month of August has passed and so has my first successful month of doing without. I gave up coffee for the entire month with no difficulty. Today, I began September with a treat: a cup of very nice, rich, … Continue reading
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Coffee-Walk-Sloth-Pain
I’m only on day two of doing without and, as expected, I have had no difficulty doing without coffee. But my coffee replacement, a 30+ minute morning walk, has been more of an adjustment than it should have been, considering … Continue reading
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Doing Without: An August Beginning
I’ve been thinking all month about what I would do without in my first month of doing without. July, of course, was not the first month. That will be August. For my first month, I’ll do without coffee, which will … Continue reading
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Discipline: Doing Without
I subscribe to, but infrequently read, the periodic musings of a guy named Leo Babauta who writes Zen Habits. For some reason, the emailed post I received on July 1 caught my attention. Entitled, “A Year of Living Without,” it detailed … Continue reading
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