sambwilkes

I'm in Maine! :)

I'm in the same boat! Fairly new here but trying to participate more. I joined a small community group a couple months ago, and it was super active for like 2 weeks, but now I'm the only one posting. I am looking for more friends to add to my list, to support and encourage me and also so I can support and encourage them!…

Welcome! I'm from Maine too....Farmington area! :D

:) I totally hear what you're saying. I don't think you're over-reacting. As I was reading, I got the sense that there are two basic things going on here: A) you disagree with your boyfriend's political opinions about unions and B) you're having some hurt feelings by the fact that he generalizes his negative opinions of…

LOL! Never saw that before....hilarious! :D

So, Mexican food and pizza-like things are basically my favorite. :) I'm definitely trying both these ideas! Do you use any particular type of lettuce for the wraps?

I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't grow up on an island, but I did grow up surrounded by lakes and rivers, and now I live near the coast. Maine has a very significant fishing industry, and the balance between protecting the environment and fisherman continuing to be able to support their families is often in the local news…

Equality in the food economy and obliteration of food deserts, which go hand in hand with empowering the local food economy. My grad school research focused on this a lot, especially where kids are concerned. I feel like kids are the ones suffering the most from inequalities in access to good quality food, and we're seeing…

w00t! :D I've actually not played D&D yet (I know...le GASP!). I'm super new at tabletop games, but I heart them so and I have a laundry list of like 10 that I want to try. Do you watch Tabletop on Geek&Sundry? Oh my gosh I love that show. My problem is I live in a super rural area (seriously, I see more squirrels than…

LOL absolutely.! :)

I hope you do! If you find the hemp powder a little to, uh, hempy, try adding a couple teaspoons of coconut oil....coconut oil and cocoa powder are like magic hemp busters....they totally knock out that hempy taste. I struggled with hemp smoothies for many weeks until I finally (sheepishly) confessed to my brother that I…

Holy Hannah Montana, this sounds amazing. Definitely going to throw this into next week's lunch rotation. Thanks for the suggestion! :)

I dig it muchly. It's one of the few things I rely on for lunch, usually with some cut-up veg (although I have eaten hummus on a hunk of French bread before, and that was pretty tasty)...but I can get bored with it pretty quick. I haven't tried making my own yet, and frankly eventually all the store-bought flavors seem to…

Savory: 1 egg scrambled with some black beans, bell pepper, mushrooms, etc. (whatever veg is on hand), wrapped up in a homemade wheat tortilla., usually with either a mug of green tea or a glass of milk on the side. Sweet: homemade meusli (granola, raw rolled oats, flakes, puffed grains, dried unswt coconut, dried fruit,…

OHMIGOSH you guys are all so cool. I am into very similar things: gardening (farming, someday?), eating local as much as possible, a lot of cooking/baking (I have a food blog re: my adventures trying to eat healthy AND yummy), local food policy, etc. I am totally opposed to the use of HFCS or trans fat in anything for any…

Thanks! It looks cool and I like challenges re: strength, flexibility, and balance. But, first things first....master pushups, master pullups, and then maybe try jumping over a 5 gallon bucket without spraining something. :D

Yup, same here! Although, I can now do almost one complete real, unmodified pushup, which is pretty much a miracle! So parkour is surely just a short ways from that, right?? :)

I'm technically "from away" :P but I've settled in Maine for good! So happy to see other people in Maine on MFP. Anyone can add me, feel free! :) (p.s. anyone else doing Tough Mountain in July??)

My real real reason is: because I want to be able to do stuff I can't do right now. I want to be able to do mud runs, obstacle courses, and maybe even a little parkour. I want to be able to sit in meditation and not have my legs start hurting because my joints are out of shape and my legs are flabby. I want to hike Mount…