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  • Turning Your Favorite Cold Cereal into Instant Hot Cereal

    Feb 7, 2021

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Yep! Winter’s still full-on. Want some “get it done now” inspiration to pry yourself out of a warm bed? Here’s a very quick & easy way to turn your favorite cold cereal into what might become your new favorite hot…

  • Warm Antidote to Bitter Cold: Ginger Mint Tea with Picture Book Directions

    Feb 4, 2021

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Ginger mint tea picture book directions

  • Atomic Habits: Mind & Behavior Food

    Jan 30, 2021

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    How to build good habits and break bad habits.

  • Fresh Cranberry Sauce and Picture Book Thanksgiving Help

    Nov 21, 2020

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Last post talked about self-empowerment and how this site can help you put together life-promoting meals, even if you’ve never cooked before, with easy-to-follow step-by-step picture book recipes. I don’t know about you, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holidays because…

  • Change We Can Manage: Food, Body, Mind Plus Fresh 5-Ingredient Salad Dressing

    Aug 16, 2020

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    I don’t think you’ll find a person on the planet who would agree that our current state of affairs points to a positive future in any sense. Instead, I’ve heard more people than I can count say they hope the…

  • Enabling Empowerment Vs. Covid-19 and Enabling Kitchen Self-Sufficiency with an Instant 5-Ingredient Salad Dressing

    Apr 7, 2020

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

      You are the only person who can empower yourself. You can, however, get and find the needed help to enable your empowerment. Regarding Covid-19 and seasonal flu and their effect to date – and the numbers are sobering, first, the…

  • The Magic of the Unexpected Abounds

    Oct 31, 2019

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Way too long since I said I’d laid down part 3 to the Cycling Unexpected Magic series I started in September. And here it is, Halloween, an evening that abounds with magic. But magic abounds everywhere. You bet, I felt…

  • Cycling and Magic of the Unexpected, Part 2: Concord Cheese Shop

    Sep 17, 2019

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Stopping at The Cheese Shop in Concord is really part 1 of this story for a couple of good reasons. First, they’re the ones who recommended Hutchin’s Farm when I asked for a local farm stand that sells fresh basil.…

  • Cycling and Magic of the Unexpected, Part One: Hutchin’s Farm

    Aug 24, 2019

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Open road; spinning legs; sights, sounds, smells, air temps that change on the fly: they’re all a big part of the thrill of cycling for me. And then there’s the magic of the unexpected. Aside from the pure joy of…

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I help people feel comfortable making a meal on their own – even if they’ve never boiled water – through Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook picture book recipes and help make roads safe for all with Breitz! “6 Feet, Thanks!” performance wear. Naval Intelligence Officer veteran, BikeWalkNC VP, dad of 3, avid cyclist, scrappy runner.

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