There’s tremendous value in getting outside, pushing yourself to see, touch, and learn new things, stretching your legs, hiking and sweating, and taking time to soak up the world around us. You don’t have to head to Alaska to do it, but perhaps a trip to Kodiak is one for the bucket list.
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Older Bolder Links, Reads, Recipes, and More 6 April 2019
I’d originally planned to make this week’s links post all about nifty recipes from here, there, and yonder, though there were a few great reads about the importance of spending time in nature (skewed to kids, but applicable to all).
A Few Great Reasons to Get Yourself, and the Kids, Outside
Kids who spend time in nature become happier adults.
The PNAS study report the above article is based on.
How nature makes us happier and more creative.
Fascinating mental wellbeing survey from Women in Adventure, click through to download the study.
Recipe Roundup We’ve Scouted for Friends, Family, and Clients of Late
Double Chocolate Keto Overnight “Oats” for Breakfast.
Keto Salt and Pepper Crackers.
25 Delicious Low Carb Ground Beef Recipes.
Our Older Bolder Recipes From the Week
Getting Kids Outside Makes Them Happier Adults
Our 9 month (and change) old grandson Brantley took his first trip into Yellowstone National Park this past weekend, touring the Mammoth Hot Springs with mom above, and otherwise looking pretty mischievous while enjoying some of Spring’s first bright days in Montana and Wyoming. (Images via our son, Jake.)
That little excursion on Saturday brought to mind something I’d run across in the Adventure Journal – Study: Kids Who Spend Time in Nature Become Happier Adults.
It’s based on this research piece published a few weeks back in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences US), and backs up what many of you who love being in the outdoors have know for years – humans thrive when connected to the physical world around them, getting their hands dirty, skinning their knees and elbows, soaking up the sun, and literally connecting with the earth around them.
I’m truly astounded at how disconnected many children and youth are from the natural world today; make sure kids (and grandkids!) you influence in your world are getting a healthy dose of “outside” each and every day.
Inquiring Minds Want to Know (Older Bolder Links, Reads, and More) 19 January 2019
Older Bolder Links That Caught Our Eye This Week
Is the mainstream waking up to how wrong CW guidelines on sun exposure are? More folks are beginning to step into the light (literally and figuratively).
Connecting kids to nature is a good thing. Part of me astoundingly asks do we really need university level research to see the wisdom here?
Interesting perspective on what we remember as we age. Worth a ponder…
10 animals that hunted our ancestors. Modern life has its hazards, but at least we’re not dodging saber tooth tigers.
Natural beauty and evolution via the New York Times.
True confessions: From couch potato to fitness buff.
Might want to rethink that bariatric surgery in Tijuana. (Or anywhere else for that matter…)
How to slim down in fourteen days, circa 1595.
Tired of winter? Get outside in the sun and throw some snowballs. Just not in the face as in the slow motion video below…
Our Older Bolder Recipes from the Week
Grilled Cabbage, Jalapeno, and Onions
Older Bolder Chorizo No. 1
