Cooking is something I really started getting interested in when I was living in Saudi Arabia. It may have started with my desire to make some of the amazing flat breads and hummus I was eating at the time. It’s also where I first started flirting with eating more like a vegetarian, inspired by a friend I met in Oman. I started experimenting more and more with grain and vegetable based meals and continue to do so. Cooking remains an activity that brings me a great deal of joy and since it’s my most expensive category of spending each month, I thought I would share with you guys some of the things that are cooked in The Stoic’s Kitchen. Continue reading
Philosophy
The Winter of My Contentment
Sunday night we received almost a foot of snow, around 10″ depending on whose numbers you use. Now for some of those living in the northern states or even outside the United States who experience colder temps with more snow, this is a joke, but here in the Bluegrass State it’s cause for a state of emergency, literally. Continue reading
The Importance of Being Present in Our Lives
Read through a sampling of posts on this blog for the past couple of years and one thing you will likely notice, in my more reflective posts, is my commune with nature. Whether I’m looking out my window at the squirrels or birds, watching a sunrise, or meandering through the woods, nature is a harbor in which my soul finds peace. Continue reading
What If…
I’ve had a strange morning routine over the last couple of months. With temps in the morning just below 30 degrees, I’ll step outside, sans shirt and shoes, and let myself feel the cold on my body. I’ll do a few stretches and listen politely to my mind in its weak protest to what it perceives to be an injustice. In most situations it’s the mind that is the weak link. Continue reading
2015: The Year of The Stoic
I have a confession to make. Over the past year and half I have been a bit confused in the direction I wanted my life to take. Having achieved greater financial freedom after paying off my debts and then securing housing by buying a foreclosure and fixing it up myself, I found that there were numerous opportunities before me. Continue reading
The Stoic Investor 