The horrific conflict in the Middle East. Russia. Ukraine. Iran. Climate crisis. Reproductive rights. Racism. Economic strife. Cultural unrest. Political rancor. Nonstop doom. Except. For a moment last week. A very brief moment. It stopped. Across a large swath of the...
I was out on the rock face at about 11,000′ enjoying the view. The climbing was fairly straightforward, and flowed easily, even though I didn’t know the way. My climbing partner was 100 yards below me and to my left in a narrow cleft. He was trying a different...
It’s December, and you’re being pulled into the vortex of time. The maelstrom is all around you! Can you feel it? After Halloween, the year just seems to accelerate. After Thanksgiving, the days move forward at warp speed. The commitments and the demands and the lists...
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. — Goethe It didn’t matter that I had sealed the seams. Or that we had a tub floor. Or that I had put a tarp over the site. Water was everywhere. The...
Ok people, it’s done. Summer’s over. The vacation’s behind you. No more lazy lunches. No more casual Fridays. It’s time to put away the Dockers… and the swimmies. It’s time to get back to it. Fall is here. Time to get busy; time to get serious. No more leisure,...
