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Bike to Work Week is Underway; Are You In?

Hats off (helmets, too) to everyone who is pedaling to work this week. May is National Bike Month, this week (May 14-18) is Bike to Work Week and, if you still need an excuse to jump in the saddle, Friday, May 18, is Bike to Work Day. The benefits of riding to work are fairly obvious. Chief amon ...

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T.D. Wood on May 15, 2012 at 01:10 PM
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A Tradition Unlike Any Other: On Mom's Day at St. Helens, Dudes Look Like the Ladies

Glitter. Lace ruffles. Fishnet stockings. Spaghetti string shoulder straps. Pearls. Boas. Sequins. And then there's what the women were wearing. It is a Mother's Day tradition at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, believed to date back the late 1980s, to make the ...

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T.D. Wood on May 14, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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A Mother's Day Bouquet for My Spare Moms

Spares are good to have. Spare batteries. Spare socks. Spare energy bars. Spare moms. Take it from a grateful hiker: That last set of spares totally reigns supreme, a realization that clangs loud bells inside my head each year as Mother's Day draws near. Good fortunate has ...

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T.D. Wood on May 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM
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Love the Outdoors? Here Are Some Practical Ways to Show It

Spend enough time outdoors and you learn to appreciate the beauty so much that it becomes part of your soul. For many people that evolves into a sense of gratitude. And I have found that from that place of gratitude, people who experience nature frequently feel compelled to "gi ...

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Curt Cragg on May 10, 2012 at 02:00 PM
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Don't 'Exercise,' Walk; Don't Sit, Stand; Author Explains Simple Steps to Well-Being

"If people want to be healthier and prolong their life span, all they really need to do is go for a walk. It's the single easiest thing anyone can do." —Gretchen Reynolds Author and New York Times health and fitness columnist Talk about good news. It's possible—probable ...

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T.D. Wood on May 08, 2012 at 10:49 AM
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After the Supermoon: 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse on Display in Western U.S. May 20

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T.D. Wood on May 07, 2012 at 10:51 AM
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