Team Sprint: A Call For The Ages
I have been watching the Olympics since I can remember. The first games I vaguely remember were the 1972 games. There have been more memorable moments than I could probably list. Then... ...Yesterday morning, I was watching Olympic Coverage on NBC when this unfolded. I literally had a lump in my throat and tears running down my face. I got caught up in the emotion of a commentator who has felt Continue Reading...
It's Alright to be Impacted by the Game
Sometimes I stay up quite late just so I can let my mind run away from the real, and approach subjects that I would much rather touch, or certainly feel. Then there are times when I lengthen the day just to wrestle free from the noise, you know, to get out from under the distractions, and that which just annoys. So, what. So I can prove that, maybe, something good happens after midnight, and I Continue Reading...
Old Mill Site
I decided to get off of the well beaten path. I followed tracks from deer and bobcats into the woods. Around a bend I saw the land open up to where beavers had made a pond. To my surprise, hidden behind a little knoll, below the beaver dam, there sits this old mill site. Upon closer inspection this site is pretty large, even in comparison to sites I have seen in Weare and Dunbarton. I will return Continue Reading...
Mistreated
History telling. Abuse overwhelming. Ignorance quelling. Continue Reading...
Baseball Then and Now
For as long as I can remember, I have loved the game of baseball. I still do. I don't just love the game play, but I love the strategy, the gamesmanship, the personal effect, the unwritten rules, and perhaps most of all, the measurement by which all eras can correlate with one another. I watched last night as the San Francisco Giants punched their ticket to the World Series by ousting the St. Continue Reading...
Stories in every stone
http://wp.me/p2WUYR-5E Then came a silence, a hush that only solitude knowsThe hazy sun, diving to the horizon all aglow Peeked, all other sounds, tho faint, seems to explodeHidden now, a trail, reverent americans once rode Shadows grow, the bouquet of color dims and greysLight diminished, familiarity rushes from this place Exhaling breath that finds the exit difficult to beholdA piece not to be Continue Reading...
The heron, an eagle, loons, and me
It was the middle of the day when I climbed in. A two seat canoe, a paddle, and me, I did begin. The water was calm and close to crystal clear. Moving through water, and birds, all I could hear. Not a cloud to be found among the blue sky. The sun warmed everything from up on high. I imagined this place in a time centuries before. Wishing it were then, and how I'd still explore. I moved slowly, and Continue Reading...
Thanks #22 (History)
I am thankful for our history, U.S. History. I enjoy reading about it, and learning more about our history. Much more than we were ever taught in school. More importantly, I am thankful for the repeated examples of individuals who showed tremendous character, determination, and integrity throughout our history. Even with today's speed of life, scenarios involving technological advances, political Continue Reading...
Thanks #5 (Earth)
I am thankful for the planet earth we live upon. God created this place in perfection. The balance of all things natural. The human race is not even necessary for this planet to live, die, and reproduce. I find it calming in a way, comical in another, and even surprising that people constantly rediscover certain lands in certain climates will work against man when the balance is upset or over Continue Reading...