I trace a line in the sand, my footsteps upon time. Fade in. My Life – The early years 1968 -1976 born Beth Israel Hospital, play time, newark nj, almost lose my eye, eat sand,…
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Try This One
1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. 5. Don’t search around…
Chill Factor
I had a pretty chilled out weekend. I slept off a few beers from my nite out on Friday with the old gang from HSBC. Saturday I spent clearing the massive piles of accumlated junk…
Notes from Mallorca Part IV
My last installment on the Mallorca trip… There were two hightlights from the trip. One was the absolutely terrific view from the Puig Massenella. The other was meeting Margherita or Marga as her friends and…
Notes from Mallorca Part III
I set out on day two to explore some of the possible mountain trails we might use for our program. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t really conducive to mountain navigation at least not for exploring new…
Notes from Mallorca Part II
I parked the car in the first parking space I could find. I think better on foot, plus I didn’t want to end up parked in the back of someone’s trunk. I randomly walked down…
Notes from Mallorca Part I
I came to Mallorca to do research for a new place to run the Ascent Experience. As I was alone on this trip, I would also have time to mull over the question of purpose….
Puig Massanella
The research is going well. Yesterday was a bit of miss because it rained like mad and the mountains were covered in thick cloud…not good for navigating especially on unknown terrain. Anyway the day didn’t…
Nobody Told Me When to Run
Nobody told me when to run I missed the starting gun – Pink Floyd I’ve come to the realization that I have been fighting my purpose which is to write. And it is because I…
I’m a Star
A friend of my has generously donated the gift of immortality to me by having a star officially named after me. My star is located within the Orion constellation. The coordinates are RA5h1m57.76s D5 42’28.55″….
The Duck Reloaded
I’m heading down to Bristol today to get a little R & R. If the weather hold, I hope to play a little golf with my friend Mike. We only see each other a few…
A Wounded Jasmine
Jasmine, my faithful mountain bike of nearly 12 years, suffered some serious battle wounds in Saturday’s adventure race. But I must say she did me proud in that she held up until about 2k from…
Update Morzine
We’re having an absolutely fantastic time in Morzine. I hadn’t realized how close Mount Blanc i would be. It’s nice to wake up and see huge and beautiful mountains out of your window. Well that…
Whistle Stop
I’m just settling in to a relaxing weekend after a whirlwind of travel over the past week. My travels started off in Wales, running my first ever Ascent program. The event lasted until late Sunday…
Another Adventure
I’m off to Denmark for a few days. I’ll mainly be in Copenhagen, but hope to get out to the countryside as well as make a ferry trip across to Sweden.
Distraction
I suppose any of you long time readers of my weblog can tell when I’m going through period of distractions because my entries become very infrequent. I’ve been quite business travelling up and down and…