Category: Adventure Travel
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Lord of the Flies Revisited
Lord of the Flies was required reading when I was in 9th grade. We all read it in order to learn than there is a need for adults and rules. In hindsight, it may have been a story written to justify laws and the adults in the room. I am no longer sure. In sports…
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A Directionless Direction
Sometimes I feel like I spend so much time looking for a path to follow that time just gets wiped away. Just wishing for a split second, a fraction of clarity to know that the search is not futile. That the direction I am on is on track. I have a hard time trusting myself. …
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Symbiotic Control
I was sitting on a pillow on the ground watching my dog chew a vertebrate bone that she found while rummaging in the woods this morning. There was some tendon or gristle still left inside and she was as satisfied and as happy as I have ever seen her. After my divorce, my old dog…
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Success – Speed vs Time
Running a marathon is a good metaphor for life. It is hard to do and to do well. Eliud Kipchoge just did the impossible and ran a 1:59. For those who don’t run, it is painfully fast for us mere mortals. For many years the Boston Marathon has been the benchmark for long distance runners. …
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An Ebb and Flow Rock
Most surfers understand that their sport is dependent on the ebb and flow of the sea. Those who don’t tend to get pulled along the rock or reef. Climbers, however, rely on the immobility of the rock. When the rock breaks, they fall. Some people prefer a stable life. One with a specific path that…
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Living a Literal Life
Some of our favorite characters in TV and Film are hyper literal and honest. Forest Gump and Sheldon Cooper are two that come to mind. I am someone like them just with a little more anger and frustration added in. I am not a happy dimwit or a genius scientist. I am just a man…
Observations From the Spectrum 