Blog Post Index

  • OMG! That Monkey’s Back The cute monkey on my back is my cat, Tiger. The damned monkey on my back is compulsive overeating. I’ve struggled my whole life, yada yada, with eating and binge issues. Yada Yada, because I don’t really feel like writing about it AGAIN. But last year I lost, or should I say, misplaced, 20 pounds ...
  • Five great sites for adventurous music and sound exploration Adventure Challenge: Explore one of these resources. Come back and post a favorite song or tell us about your experience. I do love music and wanted to feature some on our Daily Adventure Tales podcasts. But honestly, not only could I not afford the licensing fees for the Beatles, The Who and Pink Floyd, I was also ...
  • My iPhone is a tool of the blogger’s devil. Adventure Question: Do you have a stumbling block that keeps you from trying new things? Tell us about the challenges you face or how you’ve overcome them. iPhone posting phobia is one of mine. It’s easy to fall into a rut and even easier to stay down in it. The danger of this seemingly simple and comfy ...
  • How do I procrastinate? I’ll get back to you… Adventure Question: What do you do to motivate yourself when you just don’t feel like getting something done? Please tell the tale, because BOY could I use motivation today! When I was working, I used a cleaning service. Now that I’m retired, I am the cleaning service and I’m definitely not Laurie Homemaker. The good news ...
  • What does the camera see? Laurie’s Adventures with POV and Finding Free Music Adventure Challenge: Find some new music at the Free Music Archive and try it out as a soundtrack for walking, cleaning, or just dancing where you are. Have a fun musical mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. Today I was working on next week’s podcast in which I’m going to use bicycle recordings ...
  • Mom Love a Duck! Adventure Question: When’s the last time you did something silly just for the fun of it? Whatever your answer, try to have a silly mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. Well today was a big day for Daily Adventure Tales. You can find and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. (Try searching for Laurie ...
  • Meeting up with the co-adventurers in our lives. Do you greet or pass by? Adventure Question: Are you typically a greeter or a passer? What types of co-adventurers have you crossed paths with lately? Whatever your answer, have a mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. Stana and Adrianna are co-workers who get together to have adventures! Stana originally encouraged Adrianna to join her in hiking, and while the ...
  • Stop and smell the lilacs Adventure Question: What kinds of things do you do to get out of a blue mood? Whatever your answer, next time have a mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. One morning after days and days of blue funk, I was totally tempted to sit on my rear instead of going to aquafit class. Now ...
  • I don’t need no stinkin’ chore list! Adventure Challenge: What kinds of ways might you turn chores into opportunities for adventure? Whatever your answer, think about it, have a mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. I crashed my bike a few years ago and flew right out of my corporate career into early retirement. Dream come true in some ways ...
  • Can one decide to be lucky? The Lucky Lizard Safari Adventure Question: Can you decide to be lucky? Whatever your answer, have a mini-adventure to test it out and come back to tell the tale. Can one decide to be lucky and from that point of view, will lucky things happen? I tested out this question yesterday. I did my usual hike – lucky. But I ...
  • What’s it like to be in the water? Adventure Question: What types of things truly make you feel alive and exactly who you are? Whatever your answer, try to have a mini-adventure doing some of that and come back to tell the tale. Fish out of water vs. fish in the water? Which sounds more exciting and which more affirming? I’ve always been one ...
  • Hail No! Adventure Question: What kinds of things have given you comfort after a storm? Whatever your answer, have a mini-adventure to do or find some of those things and come back to tell the tale. A few days ago my usual ramble through Descanso Gardens where I explore and find different writing nooks was spectacularly different. Check ...
  • Technology is wonderful… Adventure Challenge: What happens when you unplug from technology for an hour or two? Whatever your answer, try have a mini-adventure to find out and come back to tell the tale. http://youtu.be/C5ab2g-E8f4 The other day I found a wonderful quiet writing spot awash with charm, the humming of bees, the trickling of brooks, the complete package, the ...
  • Finding Balance – The Zen of Bike Riding Adventure Question: What things lead to Zen moments in your life? Have you ever found strength and peace from a struggle? Whatever your answer, try to have a mini-adventure doing some of that and come back to tell the tale. Past Adventure post: This was one of my favorite posts from my sparkpeople.com blog, and I ...
  • Happy Birthday new blog (and me) Adventure Question: What types of things inspire you? Whatever your answer, try to have a mini-adventure to discover some of that and come back to tell the tale. Feb 26, 2013, a week or so before my birthday, I went on a hike pondering, as usual, what might be a good direction for me  to take ...
  • Three healthy things Adventure Question: What three things would describe vibrant health for you? Think about it for awhile, then try to have a mini-adventure doing some of that and come back to tell the tale. My nutrition class guru and friend, Stephanie, asked us for 3 things that describe health to us. Here are mine: 1. Freedom and Fearlessness Lack of ...