Tag: family

In Memoriam, with Love and Gratitude

March 16, 2017

I’m here today because of the love and advice given to me by a wonderful, compassionate, inspiring person who isn’t here any longer. I lost my uncle two weeks ago. Oftentimes, moments that leave us completely shattered also render us speechless.  That hasn’t been the case for me, not now.

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Finding My Way to Orienteering

March 15, 2015

I think I may have found a new outdoor athletic passion.  On the registration form for Orienteering Louisville‘s Return of the Otter meet, there should have been a disclaimer warning about addiction. A few months ago, I had no idea that orienteering was a sport.  I was still planting trees

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An Auspicious Beginning, Part One

December 4, 2014

In a few days, I’ll be heading south to North Carolina to walk the tiny section of the Appalachian Trail I missed during my thru-hike in 2012.  The prospect of being on the trail again, even if I’m planning to spend only one night in the woods, is so exciting and

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