HeyJaredSiw’s Substack
Join me in exploring my local community of Redlands, California. I also like to write about history, nature, fitness and art. Plus life in Denmark and the US. Through these stories I think we can strengthen our community and celebrate what we are good at!
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Tamales stories and so much more (opens the original)
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Every single one of us is a storyteller. Some have a natural knack for creating tension, inserting humorous jabs and a satisfying payback at the end. Some like to hear their own voice. Some just need a gentle push towards putting their stories to paper, and voila they’re a writer. The latter was present at the Adult Literacy Program’s event at the Contemporary Club in Redlands last Sunday.It was the third time I eagerly anticipated the annual collection (now in its 9th edition) of the Redlands A
ART and NATURE in inspiring collaboration (opens the original)
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Imagine the Asistencia in Redlands with string lights, the sun setting with glowing rays on the little padre statue in the middle of the courtyard, and this adorable bluegrass band Pickle + Bean playing on the lawn. That was the REACH Artlands1 fundraiser last Sunday, complete with a menu full of delicious vegetarian food: Orange zest & goat cheese arugula salad with crispy chickpea, creamy fennel potato soup, caramelized onion, mushroom & gorgonzola flatbread, and for dessert; Chocolate raspber
Thoughts on Mixed Martial Arts (opens the original)
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Next year in March, it will be ten years since I became an AFAA Certified Group Exercise Instructor. The following year (2018), I became a NASM Certified Personal Trainer. It’s a surprise to many hearing the hoops and loops one must traverse in order to keep those certifications up to date. I don’t read many ponderings about the topic so I thought I would give it a spin. The trick is, that I did not achieve a college degree within physical fitness or exercise (there are many variants out there)
Seed balls and palm frond paper making by artist Fred Brashear Jr. (opens the original)
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In June the temperatures were pleasant unlike today, the sun was shining through the palm fronds in Sylvan Park, creating a shimmering light on the picnic tables. Artist in Residence, Fred Brashear Jr. had brought seeds and dirt and compost for everyone to make meatball sized seed balls. Everyone knows the saying ‘nature provides’ but does everyone actually understand how true that is? That with simple ingredients from nature (almost free) one can beautify their surroundings!Brashear is a multir
Slow Time - Slow Summer (opens the original)
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I only read one book this past month: “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie. I barely worked out (shhhh… don’t tell my Summer Challenge participants). And I rarely wrote. That’s what the hot humid summer days did to me while I was in Denmark, a Northern European country with no air conditioning and a propensity for weather’s irony that when you really need a cool breeze on a hot day, there is none. On all the other days with rain and overcast weather, the wind was brutal and relentless,
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