When my daughters were small our family often went camping. It was important to camp near a crystal-clear stream so we could have a source of drinking water and bathe once in a while. These ice cold streams were fed by mountain top snow fields. Bathing took hours—a few seconds for the actual bath, a few hours working up the …
A Creepy Memory from the Past
There are some things that slip from this earth unnoticed and unremembered, lost until some sound or smell brings their memory back in vivid detail? That’s what happened last night when I tried to retrieve a favorite pen from behind the clothes drier. I climbed on top of the running drier and “Shazam ” I was transported back 40 years.
A Video of the Devil Dog Hill Minus the Devil Dog
E-mails have been pouring in asking to see the “devil dog hill.” One poured in just now. So I rode the hill with my friend Spence Smith and filmed the ride for you. Imagine a dog attacking from the left, imagine hitting a large acorn. Enjoy the ride! If you missed the post…. about this you can read it here. …
Lessons an Acorn and a Devil Dog Taught me about Avoiding a Crash!
I was doing forty eight miles an hour….. Down hill….. on a bicycle. My wife Diane says that at that speed I am only one acorn away from death. But I was staring at the road. Looking for any acorns that might put me over the handlebars. Maybe that’s why I didn’t see the dog. He came out of a …
Seven Secrets to Sleeping like a Baby
There is a reason I have bigger bags under my eyes than are allowed on Delta Airlines. I have a problem with sleep. I don’t have a problem sleeping. I have a problem getting to sleep and staying asleep. I have tried everything. Someone said drink a warm glass of milk before you go to bed. I couldn’t find a …