Columbia County Life

When I was growing up in a tiny town in Connecticut in the 1960s, there were a couple of places my family would go for pizza. Now mind you, I came from a very (and I mean very) Mediterranean home where my Dad was French (my grandparents only spoke French), and my Mom (my Mom's parents spoke Italian) was Italian and so we ate home cooking a lot. And why not? It was really good home cooking...A subject that I can't wait to write about later this month. And furthermore, our cousins were the owners of the original "Pepe's" Pizza in New Haven (pronounced Na-Haven, btw). But on Friday nights, we'd go to the local pizza 'house' which was next to the supermarket, near the shoe store, around the corner from the butcher. In those days,  the pizza parlor was just one big room, with big square tile floors, paneled walls, ceiling fan and a guy behind a counter making pie. The booths were covered in marbled green vinyl and the formica tables were speckled grey. ...

So here's a million (maybe that's a lot, but here's some) of reasons why I never wanted to go to a yoga class. Maybe some of these sound familiar: 1. I don't like the way I look in yoga clothes. 2. I don't like doing things in a group. 3. I don't know how to do yoga. 4. I'll be the only one in the room that doesn't know how to do yoga. 5. I don't do THAT kind of of yoga. 6. I'm not a "yoga" kind of person. 7. I'm not into traveling to do yoga when I can just stretch in my living room. 8. A friend of mine got hurt in yoga. 9. Yoga people are weird. 10. I haven't worked out lately. 11. The person next to me will be much better at it. 12. It costs too much and I don't want to spend money. 13. I already go to the gym. 14. I'm an athlete so why bother. 15. It's boring. 16. I can't cross my legs. 17. I'm too busy. Ok so there are a few of the reasons. I get it. Yoga isn't for everyone. But ...