The Tenmile Lakes watershed covers approximately 98 square miles, and includes four large lakes. There’s also many smaller lakes in the area, mostly caught behind the dunes near the ocean. The majority of the watershed feeds into North and South Tenmile Lakes, and from there drains into the Pacific via Tenmile Creek (which drains almost
What is the Difference between Panic and Anxiety? Panic and anxiety share similar symptomology and can co-exist. Anxiety involves thoughts (e.g., ruminations, worrying too much or unable to stop worrying) and actions (e.g., avoidance, safety behaviors) that are amenable to change. Anxiety builds up over time with symptoms such as muscle tension, restlessness, excessive worry,
To be successful in life you need a PLAN! This just means aligning your actions with your values so the goals you do attain are satisfying to you. Therefore, if being healthy and weighing less is important to you (i.e., a value), than you will feel good about yourself when you choose foods that allow
Our home, while beautiful and still fairly new, had been somewhat neglected in terms of taming the verdant growth that was trying to reclaim it. The Trailing Pacific Blackberry (see the ‘Shrubs and Plants’ tab here) in particular has spread unchecked around the house, and is proving difficult to get under control. The home sits
We went shopping on Friday. We try to go grocery shopping once every two weeks to minimize the back and forth in the boat, so we buy quite a bit of food. It’s a multistage process to get the food to the house – load the truck at the store, drive to the marina, move
With the high humidity and copious winter rain we experience here, dealing with the various non-animal life that grows on man-made structures is a way of life. The things we’ve noticed growing are: When we moved in, we saw that it had been quite some time since any serious measures to battle the encroaching temperate
Last July (2023) we adopted a French Bulldog – Maya. You’ll see she has her own blog (because she is a hoot!), but I wanted to take a moment to share our special “work buddy” relationship and the little cartoons that pop into my head as a result of our interactions. This is the first
Water is a fact of life here on the lake. We’re surrounded by it, and we can’t get home without crossing it. We were fearful about that when we first got Maya because she’s a stout little thing, and is quite muscular. Muscle doesn’t float very well and we weren’t sure how she’d do in
Mindfulness is one of the 4 skill domains in Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and it is foundational for the other domains (interpersonal relationship skill, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance). Mindfulness has been described by Jon Kabat-Zinn as a form of non-judgmental, purposeful attention in the present moments (i.e., WHAT is done in mindfulness). Shawna
Yesterday while working outside I heard the distinctive call of an Osprey. Looking up, I saw a pair circling overhead. They’ve been gone for the winter (they migrate south, sometimes all the way to South America, sometimes closer like California or Florida) and yesterday is the first I’ve noticed them back. In the past two
