by Steve | Jan 6, 2021 | Feature Pawhuska, Feature Physical Activity, Feature Where We've Been, Healthy Living, Pawhuska, Physical Activity, Travel, USA, Where we've been
The Prairie Earth Trail system was a pleasant surprise that we found less than 20 miles from our home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The day after Christmas we found ourselves with a combination of free time and gorgeous weather. It was the kind of day that was so beautiful...
by Steve | Oct 25, 2020 | Feature Physical Activity, Feature The Midwest, Feature Travel, Feature USA, Healthy Living, Physical Activity, The Midwest, USA
Outdoor (and socially-distanced) activities in Wichita, Kan., were just what we were hoping to find when we ventured out to a new place for the first time in months. We’ve been working on losing weight and developing more healthy habits over the past few years....
by Steve and Ann | Dec 15, 2019 | Feature Healthy Living, Feature Real Life, Feature Weight Loss, Healthy Living, Noom, Real Life, USA, Weight Loss
We are back in Rochester, Minnesota, this week and for the first time, it’s not because of Ann’s chronic illness. No, this time we’re here to experience the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. Our healthy lifestyle journey If you’re new to...
by Ann | Nov 20, 2019 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature Places to Stay, Feature The Midwest, Places to stay, The Midwest, Travel, USA
We’ve been to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, more than a dozen times in the past five years. In fact, we started our blog, Postcard Jar, from there in 2014, just before Ann was diagnosed with a chronic disease called cardiac sarcoidosis. Typically, our...
by Steve | Oct 12, 2019 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature The Midwest, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
If you’re a fan of “The Music Man” like I am, you are beside-yourself-excited at the thought of seeing Hugh Jackman bring Harold Hill back to life on Broadway in 2020. But before you head to the Big Apple to see the show, you should first visit Mason...
by Ann | Aug 23, 2019 | Feature Pawhuska, Pawhuska, Places to stay, The Pioneer Woman, Tips & Tricks, USA, Where we've been
The first time we visited Pawhuska, Oklahoma, we went directly to The Pioneer Woman Mercantile to taste Ree Drummond’s frontier cooking for ourselves. We spent a day and a half in Pawhuska sipping coffee and eating cinnamon rolls upstairs in the bakery, shopping for...