A happy 4th to all! I’m late to send those wishes, as we just arrived back from our fishing outing. In this election year, I’m hopeful that we focus on personal freedoms that are wholesome and empowering. I also am reminded of a great song, which two of our children sang. It starts pretty normal,
Category: Personal
Father-Daughter Fishing
I am starting this blog post at a river. I am admiring one of my children deftly handle a fly rod and land fish after fish. Here is my view. We are up at the northern tip of New Hampshire, close to Canada, for the July 4th weekend. It is my annual fishing pilgrimage to
Elie Wiesel
I just read that he passed away. British politician Blair McDougall circulated in Twitter the photo at the bottom. It is from Wiesel’s autobiography, Night, from when he arrived at Auschwitz. Rest in peace, Elie Wiesel. More words are challenging and aren’t necessary, I think.
The Family Meeting
I emailed the family and suggested a Family Meeting during Saturday Dinner. I wanted to talk about our family’s energy level. We encourage each member of our family to call a meeting when he/she feels there’s an issue that the whole family should discuss. We haven’t called one in a while. But, after our very
Biking and Meditating
I am attempting to bike up one of the peaks in the Spanish Pyrenees. Things aren’t going well. I’ve been biking for a few hours, straight uphill. The grade is getting steeper. I have hours to go. I’m feeling tense and frustrated. I’m wondering if I will make it. So, I do the only thing that
Spain
We were in Spain and have just returned home. It was a fun week-long bicycling trip in the Pyrenees and the coastal section of northeastern Spain. We went with Backroads and had some incredible trip leaders and met some extremely interesting families. Also, the locals were very friendly and the scenery was breathtaking. There’s nothing