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Getting up again…and again…
I owe my love of history to my Grandma Buers. Not sure how she did it, but she instilled in me the desire to learn history. That love/desire was further cemented in my formative years of living in Austria.A couple of years ago in Boston, Massachusetts I decided to follow the Freedom Trail , a unique collection of…
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What calculated risk do you need to take?
Last year I was excited to drive down to Red River, New Mexico for a long weekend of skiing. That Wednesday night I looked at the weather forecast, and my heart sank. Winter Weather Warning!! As if that wasn’t bad enough, the warning went on to say “Travel on some roads may be impossible“. Ugh!…
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A chord of three strands is not easily broken
I was just journaling about how critical it is to have someone in your life that is there to support you, through the good and the bad. It got me thinking about my trekking pole I always take with me whenever I am out hiking and camping. Most of the time I have it collapsed,…
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The dreaded “Shoulder Season”
Spring in Colorado! One minute you are basking in the warmth of the sun rays…the next minute you bundled up under a blanket. Plant your flowers at your own peril! You just don’t know what you are going to get weather-wise. There’s a reason ski resorts call it the “shoulder season” – not reliable for…
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Spring is in the air!
“Saturday, in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July” The words of the song by Chicago echoed in my head as I headed out for a Saturday walk in the English Garden in Munich, Germany. Except it wasn’t July…it was April. A bit windy, cool and cloudy…but another day I got to…
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The easiest path may be the hardest!
I’ve been in South Korea on business, and on Saturday went for a hike up Bugaksan Mountain in Bukhansan National Park. An excellent maintained trail, I was enjoying my hike. I was warned there was a part of the trail with a set of fairly steep stairs to ascend. I wasn’t disappointed! As the picture…
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How will you be remembered?
One of the software companies I worked for, Cherwell Software, had an office in Seattle. The office faced the water and a slice of land called Centennial Park. Every morning I would go for a walk along that strip. To get there from my hotel there is a bridge that goes over the road. At…
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Finding Hope on the Road
I spent some time on the phone with a dear friend of mine this morning. We were discussing our roads we were each on, both going through some difficult times. As we both commiserated how hard it is to find hope on the roads we are each on, I began to share how far I…
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Anything Can Happen
The point of a journey Is not to arrive Anything can happen Prime Mover 1987 One of my favorite all-time bands is Rush. Their music not only rocks, but their lyrics always seem convey some profound meaning to me. Most lyric-writing duties fell to band member Neil Peart, one of the greatest drummers of all…
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Bend…but don’t break
Friday and Saturday we had our annual – ” You may think Summer is next month, but you are delusional ” snow storm here in Colorado. Happens almost every May…one last reminder from Old Man Winter that he does not want to leave! Not complaining as we need the moisture…desperately! It is usually a very wet,…