No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. ~Hal Borland To get me through these long stretches of winter, I often troll back through pictures of previous years’ springs and summers. Hope is wherever you can find it sometimes and evidence that winter ends is essential. Generally speaking, I actually get more solace from…
Category: apropos of nothing
“Not all those who wander are lost…”
‘Tis the season to read Tolkien’s works again, I believe. I read them at least once a year, from cover to cover, and every time I do, I find some new nuance or element that I had previously missed. Some books change with you and you are companions on this journey through life together. As…
Up in the air
Weeks with meetings are always a juggling act. Getting three people out the door in the morning, all with the accompanying equipment and weaponry necessary to their respective quests, is exciting at the best of times. Add meeting prep and the additional Things That Must Be Remembered for them and it becomes downright thrilling. On…
“Monday mornin’, it was all I hoped it would be”
(With profound apologies to The Mamas & The Papas!) I do actually like Mondays. I am aware that I may be alone in this. I’m cool with that. On Mondays, John goes to work, Katherine goes to school and I get that oasis of clear thinking that sets me up for the week. I put…
Stormy
We’ve had three storms in a week, for a total of 65cm in the past 8 days. (That’s 25.5″ for those of you of the Imperial Forces.) Three days of being trapped inside an increasingly small house and I feel a little like a pinball inside a machine, ricocheting off the four walls and scoring…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 