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Mary Aquino-Cooper
Category Archives: Photoblogging
Memories of Tanglewood via the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
A dear friend emailed me last night to tell me that someone from my youth had passed away. At my advancing age, this is NOT surprising but still, it frequently shakes me. The news has me wandering down memory lane … Continue reading
Posted in Aging and Strength, Crazy Random Thoughts, Dad, Daily Stuff, Lifestyle Blog, love, Music, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Writers, Writing
Tagged boston symphony orchestra, bso, Dad, jane stein, memories, miss hall's school, mom, simon's rock, Tanglewood, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, tfc
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Mornings
I guess since I get up at 4:30 AM Monday through Thursday, waking up at 7 AM on a Saturday is considered “sleeping in”… not like my youth when sleeping in meant I’d get up at noon and that was … Continue reading
Posted in Crazy Random Thoughts, Daily Stuff, Food, Health and fitness, Journaling, Life After Mom, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Recipes, Writers, Writing
Tagged #nofearbaking, #rocknrollbaker, bagels, Baking, early morning, mom's birthday, morning baking, Saturdays
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Number 12
I went back and counted. Since I began my CrossFit journey, I have created 12 blogs about CrossFit. Counting this one. So clearly, you can see that this one is a CrossFit blog too. This one is all about Community … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Aging and Strength, Crazy Random Thoughts, crossfit, Daily Fat Fight, Daily Stuff, Exercise ramblings, Health and fitness, Journaling, Life After Mom, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Writing
Tagged community, healthy aging, healthy lifestyle, menopause, women's health issues
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Strong Body Healthy Mind 1
I’ve decided to do it. Focus my blog on getting and being strong, keeping my mind healthy, and talking to other WOMEN who have similar goals – strength, health, overcoming the horrifying stereotypes women have to deal with in the … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Aging and Strength, Crazy Random Thoughts, crossfit, Daily Fat Fight, Exercise ramblings, Health and fitness, Journaling, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Service to Others, Writers, Writing
Tagged avoiding disease, avoiding injury, exercise, fit over 50, Fitness, healthy, lifting, motivation, weightlifting, workout
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It Changed My Life
I get pretty passionate about CrossFit. I know it may seem like I’ve been indoctrinated into a cult but I wish I could explain fully what the CrossFit community means to me. It’s great that we work out and do … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Crazy Random Thoughts, crossfit, Daily Fat Fight, Daily Stuff, Exercise ramblings, Journaling, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Writing
Tagged big, crossfit, do hard things, elite, everyone matters, exercise, functional fitness, Health, how i live, let's go, motivation, novice, small, workout
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For the girls (and women) … maybe this is you, too!
So, this past weekend I had a revelation. It’s actually a big one for me and maybe you too. While watching the Atlas games, I came across the stats of an athlete and what I saw gave me pause. She’s … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Crazy Random Thoughts, crossfit, Daily Fat Fight, Daily Stuff, Exercise ramblings, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Writers, Writing
Tagged conditioning, crossfit, exercise, Fitness, functional fitness, muscle, realistic, self image, weight, weightlifting, WOD, workout
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It’s Just a Number
I’m looking at you. Yeah, you, 59. Just hold your horses cuz I’m not there yet. A great deal of my CrossFit journey has been focused on aging more gracefully. Actually, that’s a lie, it’s focused on not aging at … Continue reading
Posted in Crazy Random Thoughts, crossfit, Daily Stuff, Exercise ramblings, Journaling, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Writers, Writing
Tagged almost60, biceps, crossfit, dohardthings, fitafter50, functionalfitness, lifeisajourney, strength, strong, triceps, workout
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Yes You Can
Today’s lesson is about yes. Today I taught myself a lesson about saying YES. I wanted to share this lesson so that you, my beloved readers, know that you TOO can say yes to things you didn’t expect were able … Continue reading
Posted in advice, crossfit, Daily Fat Fight, Exercise ramblings, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Writers, Writing
Tagged 59, aging, crossfit, dailyworkout, fitafter50, Fitness, functionalfitness, lifting, loveyourself, menopause, nobodyshaming, push press, strength, strong, WOD, workout
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Roasted Plum (Roma) Tomatoes
Let me just say – if you like tomatoes (and maybe if you don’t) – add this to your arsenal of things to do with tomatoes. The recipe is simple and stolen from someone on Food Network – maybe Val … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Crazy Random Thoughts, Daily Fat Fight, Daily Stuff, Food, Journaling, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Recipes, Writers, Writing
Tagged Cooking, flavor, no fear cooking, omelet, Pasta, plum tomatoes, Recipe, roast, Roasting, roma tomatoes, salad topper, Tomato
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Remember it’s a journey…
I always knew that there would be a time when my mom and dad weren’t here anymore. I did. Jim would say (and he’s somewhat correct) that I ignored that reality for quite a while. And I did. Because it … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Crazy Random Thoughts, Dad, Daily Stuff, Journaling, Life With Mom, Lifestyle Blog, love, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Writers, Writing
Tagged advice, after the will, Dad, documents, family memories, memories, mom, recipes, recommendations, videos, what to do
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