Wisdom for Dummiese

I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, mostly because failing is a terrible way to start a new year. If you’re going to make a major life change, it’s usually best to do it gradually. A […]
New Year’s Day magical. Every January 1, I wake up with a glorious feeling that anything is possible! Overnight I have the power to change me and change my life. This is the year I […]
… is never to make any, of course. I mean, seriously. Just look at my track record over the past twenty years. It’s January 2016 – a new year and another chance to wipe the […]
It is advisable not to make the following resolutions, no matter how much fun they must be: 1. To make the Guinness Book of World Records for consecutive jaywalking. 2. To get a group of […]
I don’t have this peculiar, almost pathological hatred of New Year’s resolutions some people have. Maybe that’s because I haven’t made one since 1989, and so haven’t experienced the loathing that comes with breaking them. […]
New Year’s Day magical. Every January 1, I wake up with a glorious feeling that anything is possible! Overnight I have the power to change me and change my life. This is the year I’ll […]
2015. Resolutions are my thing. I love making them. I rarely keep them, but I love the process. I am still working on the 50-pound weight loss from 2010 and the healthy eating mantra of […]
Here it is January again, and Madam and I just got around to kicking off our New Year’s resolutions. I resolved to enter my Texas Hold ’em carrot cake in the Pillsbury Bake Off. She […]
By Noah Vail, equine author extraordinaire It must be New Years because we all look like the Pillsbury Doughboy. Of course, Fortuna Farm residents make no claims to be svelte triathletes. Our favorite winter activities […]