“Look at all the shrub growth that we’ve never frolicked in!”

— Michael, on discovering that the fenced-in chunk of land behind the studio is actually fair game. Winterwork.

(photo above from the newly carpeted [but still a bit leaky] tree house.)

"Intimately involved in the fight or flight response, the psoas can curl you into a protective fetal ball or flex you to prepare the powerful back and leg muscles to spring into action. Because the psoas is so intimately involved in such basic physical and emotional reactions, a chronically tightened psoas continually signals your body that you’re in danger, eventually exhausting the adrenal glands and depleting the immune system."

Know your psoas.

Here, now — except it’s winter. Spent last night playing in the snow. Plan to do much of the same today.

Wonderful.

Tomah, WI — midwestern crossroads. Spent about an hour stationary on I94 as it took on a layer of ice. Freedom-by-salt, onward to Madison!