Life and Other Stuff

July 1, 2026

Conspiratorial Universe

I choose to believe in magic. Call it naiveté, earnest, cringe, immature…or any other adjective. I know what I know. This past weekend I met friends in real life who I only know from an online sobriety group. Being a part of this group has provided a fitness, sober, and generous community that buoyed us… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Health and Fitness, sobriety, Writing

Denis Morton, exercise, fitness, gratitude, gym, health, Magic, New York, Peloton, spin, travel, workout, writing

December 1, 2025

Food Fun

Before going plant-based, I rocked mac and cheese. To the point that, because the only cheese ever used was Tillamook cheddar, I wouldn’t eat anyone else’s. A batch would be whipped up and devoured by my family, every time we declared it was the best one yet! Since ditching dairy, homemade macaroni and cheese holds… Continue reading

Family, Food

experimenting with food, Food, health, life, macaroni and cheese, non-dairy, plant based, recipe, recipes, vegan

October 7, 2025

A Challenge

I am not a regular consumer of Fox News Entertainment, but am familiar with famous pundits on the channel including Mr. Hannity. Politically, I’m more issues focused. Some social issues I lean left, some conservative, some I have no opinion about. I have voted for conservative/traditional republican candidates and liberal/democrat candidates. After a recent discussion… Continue reading

Family, Writing

bias, headlines, journalism, media, media bias, news, political news, politics, propaganda, social media, social media bias

September 2, 2025

I Get Knocked Down, but….

Remember that Chumbawumba ear worm? It’s been knocking around my brain for the past few weeks. Let’s start by establishing the fact that everything I’m about to spew is not earth shattering. It’s not about the horrors that are happening on the daily in the world and on the news. It’s simply the noise of… Continue reading

Health and Fitness, Writing

exercise, fitness, health, life, self care, sickness, writing

June 3, 2025

8 Years

At this point, it’s just a part of who I am. I’m a person who doesn’t drink. It’s normal. I don’t really think about alcohol as an option. They days tick by and I do the dishes, the laundry, make meals, walk the dog, run kids to things and all the other routine life stuff.… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, sobriety, Writing

authenticity, community, Family, fitness, gratitude, health, learning, life, parenthood, parenting, perspective, sobriety

April 27, 2025

Pelofondo #10

Whenever this silly event rolls around, I hem and haw about how many miles to do, how to fit it into the weekend events and errands, how long it will take, etc. PeloFondo is an endurance event where cyclists all over the Peloton world pledge to ride a specific number of miles/kilometers and have 2… Continue reading

Health and Fitness, sobriety, Writing

fitness, fitness challenges, Indoor Cycling, PeloFondo, Peloton, Peloton Sober Squad, Summit Challenges, training

November 15, 2024

My Weird Tofu Trajectory

Although I dipped my toe in the vegetarian end of the pool as a teenager, I had never eaten tofu until I firmly committed in 2017 to do the plant based thing. The first time I purchased it, the sad white block sat in my fridge untouched until the expiry date and it was tossed.… Continue reading

Food, Health and Fitness, Writing

Food, plant-based, recipe, recipes, tofu, vegan

September 12, 2024

Maybe We are the Weird Ones: Thoughts on Parenthood

“Mom, I think we are weird. Like we are a weird family,” my daughter declared to me in the car on the way home from school. Laughing, I asked for clarification. She went on to explain that her friends’ anecdotes of their life at home and relationships with their parents were not the same as… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Family, sobriety, Writing

being present, children, education, Family, gratitude, kids, mothering, parenthood, parenting, parenting teens, relationships, teens, weird

August 18, 2024

You Against You?

I rode my bike this morning, in a class I’d done previously. I love repeating classes in the Peloton catalog on demand, because it gives tangible evidence of progress. You can literally race your past self up the leaderboard. I find it, along with silly digital badges, incredibly motivating. I thought about my 2021 self… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Health and Fitness, Writing

encouragement, fitness, Peloton, progress, timelines of selves, training

July 28, 2024

Machines

PeloFondo is an endurance event where participants pledge to ride x number of miles, then set about doing them over 1 or 2 days of a weekend. There are other events over the year, including a running event as well as a simulated cycling climb. This weekend was PeloFondo. In 2020 I pledged 30 miles,… Continue reading

Family, Health and Fitness, Writing

bikes, biking, cycling, Family, gremlins, Home repairs, Indoor Cycling, life, PeloFondo, Peloton, PowerZone, Summit Challenges, Summit PeloFondo, travel