Category Archives: Sports & Fitness
My Version of Physical Comedy
I will apparently go to great lengths to avoid exercising on purpose. This Wednesday, July 7th, was to be a Target Practice gathering at Cooper Mountain. It has to be postponed, but I still en......
Want to learn more about Pilates?
Our Oregon Scleroderma Foundation Chapter will be holding their monthly support group meeting this Saturday, May 8th. As always, their support groups are open to all (even if you don’t ha......
Focusing on the pieces helps me get to my big picture
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I picked out a beautiful 2000 piece puzzle of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany for my mom this year for Christmas. It has been years since I did one and......
North, to Seattle…go north, the walk is on!
A quick note for all of you who will be in the Seattle area on October 17th :
The LFA Pacific NW Chapter will be hosting their annual Mad Hatter Walk N Roll for Lupus event on that day at Magnus......
Book Group begins today!
We are beginning a group chat today about the book by Tina Vindum (2009) entitled Outdoor Fitness. You might wonder why, especially for us Oregonians, we are going to cover a book like this as......
A Lupus version of Spring Training Camp
I seem to always have the ideas and best intentions about managing my daily health, but living with illness is like that comedy skit done by Abbott & Costello. As it is with managing lupus, ......
Meet the Arthritis Foundation’s Oregon Branch!
After a brief absence, the OR Branch of the Arthritis Foundation returned to the area a few years ago and offers some valuable resources to everyone living with a chronic illness. I wanted to ......
sweating the small stuff
We are focusing a great deal these days on quantity – the number of foreclosures, stock market fluctuations, billions spent to help businesses who have not managed their practices by looki......
seeing red
Yesterday I attended my second week of the Living Well with Chronic Conditions workshop presented through Tuality Healthcare (in Hillsboro). This is one of the many locations and groups offerin......
lost in a mental blizzard
I have been struggling lately with a feeling of paralysis.
It started with the weather keeping me at home staring at a desk piled high with things to do. Then, as the Christmas season’s s......










