Buns and Stephanie, sure wish we lived near. I would be so much fun! I'm not a great cook but I'd still like to cook for you.
I'm doing ok...been a little off kilter...those damn pumpkin seeds in the shell. I eat them like sunflower seeds cracking them with my teeth. But it's too much. Too much fat, too much salt. And beer to wash them down...yah. Otherwise I'm good. About to camp for a week or so and the seeds are not invited. Nor is the beer
And I won't miss them. One reason I love to camp and hike is it would feel like a sacrilege to bring crap. I feel my body in a way I don't in everyday life when I am trying to get up the hill or sleep well in my tent. I feel connected to everything around me...trees, bugs, animals...all of which seek the things that are good for them. I can't explain it but it would seem ridiculous almost to eat french fries while I'm breathing in the beauty and wanting to hike for miles. And I always always say to myself...girl you could have done so much more if you just took better care of yourself.
I saw these articles about forest bathing and how it helps prevent cancer. Don't know if the research is solid but apparently they compared those who go for walks in the city with the forest walkers and the city walkers didn't get the same benefit. I believe it. I have felt healed by the woods for years. If I get cancer it won't be the fault of the trees...they are doing their best by me. I think one of the reasons I chose not to try to go back to the agency I was working for is that I was angry about how experiences I had increased my fear in the woods right along with the fear I was having elsewhere. I didn't stop going though. I have pushed myself to go back to the woods and deal with it because I'm not giving that up. And I need to go to be reminded of why I persist in this way of eating. You would think the mirror would do that for me or being tired or feeling unhealthy but nothing does it for me like those woods. I find myself again and again. Thank goodness or I would probably 500 lbs eatin shrimp poboys and crawfish on the porch everyday. That's all I got.