Simply Enough

Bike to Work Week (or Month)

Tabita Green — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:41:03 +0000

I learned yesterday from the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative that May is Bike to Work Month. That makes a lot of sense, because in our town, it’s Bike to Work Week! Growing up in Sweden, seeing people bike to work was normal. It was just another form of transportation (along with busses, subway trains, and cars). My [...]

On the Frequency of Blogging

Tabita Green — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:34:19 +0000

In the beginning of April, inspired by Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project, I committed to writing on Simply Enough six days a week. I liked the notion of the six-days-a-week blogging, because it corresponded nicely to my (not very original) idea about working and resting: Work six days, rest one. (Work being defined as [...]

Cleanse Conclusion

Tabita Green — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:23:04 +0000

Today marks the end of my nine-day cleanse. I feel so good!!! As somebody who has frequent “stomach issues,” it is magical to have no gnawing pain in the abdomen. I feel light and balanced. I don’t know if this is the result of eating less, eating clean food, eating real food, drinking more, avoiding dairy [...]

Acupuncture: A New Experience

Tabita Green — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:45:40 +0000

To me, acupuncture has always been similar to sushi. It seems good, but really scary at the same time. However, as soon as I was introduced properly to sushi (i.e. not mall sushi), I loved it. I knew the same thing would happen with acupuncture. I had a bit of second-hand experience when my daughter [...]

It’s an Earth Day Weekend!

Tabita Green — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:24:16 +0000

Here in Decorah, Earth Day is an all-weekend affair. The celebration started just a few minutes ago with the Co-op Earth Day Celebration at the Oneota Community Co-op. There will be live music and locally-produced hamburgers, hotdogs, and more! I’ll be heading down there as soon as I finish this blog post, practice a little [...]