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    Get Off the Couch with Joan
    Get Off the Couch with Joan
    Get Off the Couch with Joan
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    Get Off the Couch with Joan

    By Joan H. Young

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    Ten essays, most were previously published as newspaper columns, chronicling two years of hikes on the North Country Trail by the author. "Young has an easy, breezy way of writing that makes reading both pleasurable and informative." - Big Rapids (MI) Pioneer

    (txt version not recommended, as the photos are a big part of the experience)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoan H. Young
    Release dateAug 28, 2010
    ISBN9780976543244
    Get Off the Couch with Joan
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    Joan H. Young

    Joan Young has enjoyed the out-of-doors her entire life. Highlights of her outdoor adventures include Girl Scouting, which provided yearly training in camp skills, the opportunity to engage in a 10-day canoe trip, and numerous short backpacking excursions. She was selected to attend the 1965 Senior Scout Roundup in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an international event to which 10,000 girls were invited. She has ridden a bicycle from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean in 1986, and on August 3, 2010 became the first woman to complete the North Country National Scenic Trail on foot. Her mileage totaled 4395 miles.She has recently begun writing more fiction, including short stories and cozy mysteries.

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      Get Off the Couch with Joan - Joan H. Young

      Get Off the Couch with Joan

      Joan H. Young

      Published by Books Leaving Footprints at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 Joan H. Young

      ISBN: 978-9765432-4-4

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      Table of Contents

      Confessions of an Acetylcholine Junkie

      The Essential Adirondacks

      Tropical Salad in the Snow

      East of the Ozarks (Michigan)

      A Michigan Sampler – Stitched in Steps

      Minnesota Arrowhead – Politics and Pictures

      Technically, There Are No Hills

      Excelsior! New York’s Motto Means Business

      Saying Ya to de U.P.

      Muscular Legs- I Wish I Had ‘Em

      Confessions of an Acetylcholine Junkie

      originally published May 23, 2009, Ludington Daily News

      I knew I’d been craving those drug-induced highs for years. I just didn’t realize until recently what my drug of choice is. Now don’t get alarmed and call the newspaper and the police; my chemical is street legal (well, actually I don’t know that), but it’s produced naturally in the body. In fact, without it, our nerves will stop firing and stop speaking to each other. In short, we would become vegetables.

      Acetylcholine (ACh) is a neurotransmitter. That means that it’s a chemical that carries nerve impulses across the gaps (synapses) between our nerve cells. Research shows that the more often we do something the less ACh is required to carry the message. As things become more familiar or habitual

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