As Thanksgiving approaches, I thought I’d write a post about gratitude. This was a weekend full of gratitude for Diana and me. We spent Saturday at an all-day meditation intensive at Eldorado Yoga Ashram. This was my first intensive, so I was a bit hesitant about spending an entire day Read more…
Last night I attended a workshop put on by Bee Safe Boulder to talk about creating Bee Safe Neighborhoods. The concept was developed by the Living Systems Institute in Golden, Colorado. The goal is to get your neighbors to eliminate the use of systemic pesticides (e.g. neonicotinoids or neonics for Read more…
My colleague sent out the first snow PSA of the season last week and another yesterday which heralded in the first snow of the season. Since it’s PSA season again, I thought I’d post an update of my cancer journey. Reading through the last one, I noticed I sounded a Read more…
The Western Apicultural Society (WAS) held its annual conference in Boulder this year (Oct 1-3) and even though I had hernia surgery 3 days before it started, I just had to attend! (plus, I’d already paid for the conference). I was in a semi-haze and some pain, but I managed Read more…
I had hernia surgery on Monday, so while I have some time recuperating (and I’m not high on Vitamin V(icodin)), I thought I would write up a summary of the status of my hives. BnB1 succumbed to mites a few weeks ago which leaves me with three hives – BnB2, Read more…
This past weekend, Diana and I spent our time at the birthday celebration of the spiritual leader (Sri Shambhavananda or Babaji) of the yoga centers where Diana has done her training. The celebration was held at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat, one of the Shambhava ashrams up in a beautiful setting in Read more…
I had my last ADT shot today and was feeling a little off center, so I decided to take the rest of the day off and check on BnB1 after the mite treatment and new queen addition. I’ve been monitoring the front of the hive and there have been a Read more…