Third-generation farmer turned ballroom dancer, artist, and photographer. Navigating life with Type 2 diabetes for 20 years. Sharing what I’ve learned along the way.
Health & Wellness
Most people think appetite is a willpower problem. GLP-1 medications make a pretty convincing argument that it isn't. GLP-1 is a hormone your body already makes. It releases after you eat and sends a signal to your brain -- you've had enough, slow down. The
* The Long View | Food & Diet Most Americans picture the Mediterranean diet and see pasta. Maybe some olive oil. A Greek salad if they're feeling virtuous. That's the postcard. The actual diet -- the one people in Crete and coastal Sicily ate for generations -- was built on
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When you’re managing your health on a GLP-1 medication, the last thing you want is more complexity. Food manufacturers have noticed. Walk through any grocery store or scroll through a meal delivery app and you’ll start seeing it everywhere: “GLP-1 Friendly” stamped on packaged foods, frozen
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A handful of nuts. A seasonal re-assessment. A jar of data on your wrist. Three quiet habits that are doing more work than they look like they're doing. There's a pattern I keep noticing in the things that actually stick. They don't announce
Food & Diet
I spent thirty years watching fields. Most mornings, nothing looked different from the day before. You put the seed in the ground, you water it, you wait. The field just sits there. Day after day, the same quiet. Then one morning you walk out and something’s coming up. That’
A weekly gather from the field.May 31,2026 This Week at Gardener of Life Monday : Food & Diet Your Plate Doesn’t Need a Revolution I spent decades growing food for other people’s tables 5/25/2026 9:00 am https://micro.blog/account/posts/290108#::text=Your%
Switching to a healthier diet isn’t a destination. It’s more like rotating a crop. You don’t rip out everything overnight. You start with one field, see what grows, and adjust the next season. More plants. Less red meat. A handful of nuts and seeds where there used
A weekly gather from the field. This Week at Gardener of Life Monday : Food & Diet Transitioning to a Healthier Diet — One Field at a Time Switching to a healthier diet isn’t a destination.... https://micro.blog/account/posts/290108#::text=Transitioning%2520to%2520a,isn%E2%80%99t%2520a%
I spent three days this week looking at vegetables. Not growing them — I’m done with that chapter. Just looking at what the world’s healthiest diets actually do with them, and why they all seem to arrive at the same place from completely different directions. Monday we looked at
A weekly gather from the field. MAY 17,2026 This Week at Gardener of Life Monday : Food & Diet How We Fit Vegetables Into Our Lives Vegetables show up in almost every healthy diet — ... https://micro.blog/account/posts/290108#::text=How%2520We%2520Fit,every%2520healthy%2520diet%2520%E2%80%
What We Talk About When We Talk About Diet On food philosophy, the long view, and why the argument keeps missing the point. There is a word that didn’t used to mean what it means now. Diet. It comes from the Greek — diaita — which meant a way of life.
This Week From the Field Three threads ran through the week. They’re connected. Monday opened with a look at Mediterranean, Blue Zone, and Nordic eating — three ways of eating that researchers keep returning to. Not because they’re trendy. Because the data follows them across decades and populations. Wednesday