You always remember your first. The first day of school. The first kiss. The first day without training wheels. Or that first heartbreak, when she let you know that “we should just be friends.” First tracks. The first baseball game. I was 10. August 6, 1988. Baltimore, Maryland. Orioles versus Brewers. The rain fell in [...]
My REI dividend arrived. It wasn’t much. It never is, due to the fact that I am a perpetual bottom feeder, buying the things I need* as much as possible off the clearance rack. And of course, those discounted purchases do not contribute to the dividend. And so, the amount of “REI Dollars” I receive [...]
Avalanches are, as I have written, wreaking havoc in the Wasatch mountains this year. It’s an unusual snowpack, more reminiscent of Colorado, than Utah. And with that unstable, shallow, weak snowpack there has been an increase in accidents and close calls. Aside from the obvious price in life and injury, there is another often deterimental, [...]
Feeling inspired by Mike Curiak, I rummaged into my own digital archives to see what I could come up with. I was surprised at how many photos there were that I had simply forgotten about. The experiences and the memories that they sparked were pleasantly unexpected. It was also a sort of reminder at just [...]
You may have noticed that 2009 has come and gone. 2010 is staring us in the face, blankly and expectedly, waiting for us to fill its pages full of wonder and awe and triumph. 2009 was a good year for me. There were challenges, and tragedies. There were great days, and some that were not [...]
I love maps. There is something completely satisfying about looking down at a map and seeing where one has been, and even better, where one may yet go. Maps represent possibility, optimism, and imagination. They kindle a desire to explore and see and know. They are always eager to help do the dirty work of [...]
Sunrise over Kessler Peak. Henry David Thoreau wrote in his essay, Walking: I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering; which word is beautifully derived “from idle people [...]
Like everyone else in the cycling world, I want to be faster in 2010 than I was in 2009. That fact is like inalienable rights – a self evident truth. And one such that motivates otherwise rational adults to pursue ad nauseum an end which can never be obtained. Like golden windows on the horizon, [...]
I think it’s time for you to start attending church services. The Church of the Blue Dome* meets everyday, at various times and locations. Membership requires a stout heart and an unbridled spirit. In fact, I think many of you are already worshiping at the altar of the Blue Dome, so formal membership would seem [...]
I had my first powder shots of the season this morning. There was but one problem – they happened in the yard: I will admit, the snow thrower is fun.
