Finding Good in a World of Bad
Each year our community has an event called “Inner-Coastal and Watershed Cleanup Day.” This is organized throughout the county to bring people together in a common cause. Thousands of volunteers descend on the beaches, parks, creeks and riverbanks adorned with work gloves, garbage bags, and a spirit of making this part of our world a little better. A few years back our family joined in...
Read MoreAdapting To Your Circumstance
A short walk from where we live exists a pond that, for the most part, looks like a barren wasteland nine months of the year. When it is in it’s dehydrated state no water can be found and the surface mud is cracked and hardened. If you were to walk on the mud floor during this time it would crunch beneath your feet and show absolutely no signs of life under or up on it’s crags. The...
Read MoreManaging Chaos – Orderly Disorder
Fourteen furry critters on the end of fourteen colorful leashes, tangled together and held firmly by two gentle and patient hands. Not exactly the site you expect to come across when you turn a corner on the local bike path. These pups are walked and cared for by a couple of local women whose hearts are obviously greater than the bodies that hold them. I savor scenes such as these held in the...
Read MoreRubble In Your Path – Learn To Go Through It
Having mountain biked for over a decade I’ve had much opportunity to tackle difficult terrain. Though I have always had the choice to get off my bike and walk around hard lines I, in most situations, choose to be tested by going over them. I love the challenges a path can bring when it is greater than my abilities to conquer it on the first attempt. Instead of looking at it with...
Read MoreMaking it to Higher Ground – A Planned Path
Just over five years ago the world watched in horror as a tsunami struck Thailand and surrounding countries with devastating force killing nearly a quarter of a million people. So many were unaware of the signs that could have warned them to get to higher ground in order to save their lives. One of those signs was the ocean water receding to such an enormous degree that the bays and inlets...
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