The in between times

As July leans towards August, I can't help but wonder how we've arrived well past the mid-point of the year! I suppose that my attitude has tinged towards the negative as injuries, surgeries and rehab have shaped so many months. However, I shouldn't bitch and moan all THAT much, as I've looked forward to different …

A little bit at a time

A friend (Hi Rob!) has reminded me throughout this knee surgery/recovery process to take the long view. I can't say that patience is one of my strengths, in fact, I can tell you for certain that it is NOT, but there's also nothing that I can do to speed up this process. I will say …

A revision

I just looked up the word "revision" thanks to our folks at the handy-dandy site dictionary.com.  Yes, I know what it means, but I wanted to see what the dictionary said about it. Some related words are awesome - "improvement", "correction", "polish", and I think of an exclamation point following all of them for that …

A reset for the new year

January came and went, and, with it, some of the bright, shiny new-ness that comes along with turning the leaf on a new year.  However, I shouldn't get too far ahead of myself or anticipate a ho-hum year.  It's early days yet, and January set the tone in many ways for a shift in priorities …

Looking back at 2018

Yes, I somehow failed to write anything between November and now, despite the fact that I can list off a good number of 'happenings'!  While I'd like to sit back and reflect on those events and also on the year as a whole, I think that summarizing might actually be more helpful to me and …

Hiking highlights

As we are full-on skiing (!!!) and haven't hit the hiking trails for some time, it seems like a timely moment to summarize the hiking season in Zermatt.  First of all, we lucked out weather-wise with a serious lack of rain.  This, obviously, benefitted us, but is concerning long-term for a place that depends on …

Retour des Alpages – A brief weekend in Annecy

We've officially crossed that half-way point, and I'm finally getting around to jotting a few ideas here and there about the experience thus far.  I'll return to the Swiss adventures, of which there are many, but, for now, a quick recap of our quick weekend away.  It's funny because Zermatt is so beautiful, and you'd …

A return to the mountains

This has been a long time coming, talking about how unhappy I was for the past two years.  Last fall, I decided that teaching middle school was just NOT the right fit, so I made the decision in November (if not before) that I'd end the year but not return.  It was a weird situation …

Summer’s end

I've promised myself to write more often, yet here I am, over a month has passed, and I'm finally sitting down to share a bit of the "what was going on" during August.  It's officially mid-September, so to say that I'm behind the curve would be something of an understatement. First up, after Whistler and …

Road tripping: Whistler and Squamish

At times I feel spectacularly boring or predictable when it comes to life and the patterns that seem to define my experiences or to which I revert.  Case in point, back in 2014, when I undertook the first full ironman journey, I wanted the trip part to be about more than just the race.  And …