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My Journey to Health Part II – Researching How to Lower LDL Cholesterol

Upon learning my cholesterol was mildly elevated, I started looking online for strategies to lower LDL. What I found: Medications are another route to lowering cholesterol, but it is not addressing the source of the problem, only the symptoms. That strategy will eventually stop being effective and can have undesirable side effects. I spent daysContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part II – Researching How to Lower LDL Cholesterol”

My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine

Later, I will write about habits and routines and what a powerful role they play in making progress in anything in life, but this entry will be focused specifically on the daily exercise routine I have in place. If I were to describe what the aims are of the workout it would be a combinationContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine”

The uniquely human Robert and my journey with autism

(PART I) My dear wife and I were living in the Middle East from 2012. We were newlywed and had not given a great deal of thought to having children. I had older children (now 30 and 26) and we had not discussed trying to have additional children. Around 2016, we discussed having children andContinue reading “The uniquely human Robert and my journey with autism”

Everyone Should Have a Little Mountain Park

View of Mount Baker from one of the viewpoints on Little Mountain Little Mountain Park is located in Mount Vernon, Washington. There are approximately 10 miles of trails that can be accessed. It is shared with hikers and bikers alike, but with the many trails one doesn’t see many people while hiking. When we firstContinue reading “Everyone Should Have a Little Mountain Park”

Cocotal and our new Villa in Punta Cana 2020-2022 – Part I

In late 2019, I had decided to leave Abu Dhabi and retire to the Dominican Republic. I need to write an entire entry about that decision and the process that followed as it became very stressful and convoluted. Nevertheless, we arrived in Santiago, Dominican Republic on the 9th of March, the twins’ second birthday. TheyContinue reading “Cocotal and our new Villa in Punta Cana 2020-2022 – Part I”

Finding and Buying a House in the Dominican Republic

We (my wife and two children and I) left Abu Dhabi on March 9 of 2020. It was right on the cusp of Covid 19 taking over the world. We barely made it out. We traveled first to New York and then to Santiago in the Dominican Republic. From there we made it to myContinue reading “Finding and Buying a House in the Dominican Republic”

Sports and Activities 2024

Our twins were transitioning from five years old to six years old during this year. Looking back, it’s amazing how many different things they did. The photos below don’t capture it all, but are a start. Baseball, soccer, swimming, running, snow, hiking, playgrounds, video arcades, skating, movies, baseball cards, hip hop dancing, baseball stadiums andContinue reading “Sports and Activities 2024”