Pacing the Journey – The Masks We Wear
A long while back, I was at dinner with good friends from Houston when this raccoon suddenly appeared in a very public place. He seemed to know that he was […]
Outside Pedal Down, Unless It’s a Fixie
(Originally published, 5th March 2011 for a blog of the same name) For a personal blog, I was looking for a title that suggested the routine we get into in […]
Passion, Pace, and Purpose
Something came to me about the pace of life. It sometimes seems like we are rushing to keep pace, catch up, or get done on time. Some people move so […]
Pacing the Journey – Contemplating Loyalty and Consistency
I am finally understanding many things in life are simple and that simple and easy are vastly different concepts. Sure, there are times when life just flows, we understand what […]
Pacing the Journey – Taking a Pause Along the Way
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor Frankl Our […]
Trekking in a Major Way
For the past several years, there has been an ongoing philosophical analysis of my use of social media, the usefulness of conversations on social media, and the influence of social […]
Pacing the Journey – Chasing out the Darkness
Sometimes I struggle with monkey-brain and feel overwhelmed with the mere idea of doing what I need to do. It is clear that “willful distraction” (a term I coined but, […]
See the world as you will have it
We face a continuous onslaught of negativity and attempts to bias our thinking through media sources. As Nietzsche said, “And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will […]
The Canary in the Coal Mine
When I was a child we learned about coal miners taking canaries with them when they went down into the coal mines. It seems odd but, the canary would die […]
The Journey Continues
Technology, any “advancement” in how we interact with the world, comes with a price. The price is choice. We must choose to continue in the old ways of walking or […]
The Trekking Cyclist 