Ask a fish -- What is ocean? It can't tell you waves and tides, but It swims better than you do. Ask a flower -- What is season? It can't tell you days and months, but It blossoms always on time. Ask a bird -- What is space? It can't tell you north and south, …
Muddy water immediately swallowed her boots and some splashed on her legs. She looked ahead, there was no way to avoid the mud and puddles. They were out of the woods now, and the landscape turned into marshland. Trees were sparse, mostly tall grasses and bushes. A narrow and slightly raised trail meandered through the …
"It was a very long year. The worst year of my life, and the best year of my life." Fall came early. Wet, cold, red and yellow. Snow already covered mountain tops. Last year this time, I got dumped. As an outlet, I started this blog - something I always wanted to do but never …
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. -- Red Queen, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland "Are you excited about it?" "... I don't know ..." I try to find the right words for it. It's my first ultra marathon. Sitting in the darkness by myself, …
Do you have that feeling that some days you are enshrouded in that thick blanket of clouds? You can feel it wraps around your head and weighs on your back. It is not totally pitch black, but some sort of grey. And it comes and goes on its on whim. On the days that my …
A Compulsive Decision - Overcome Fear This September Labor Day long weekend I made a compulsive-ish decision to solo hike/camp in the Canadian Rocky Mountains for eight days. It was compulsive-ish because I had never driven over 800km in one day, or hiked/camped at multiple locations for eight days all by myself. So many things …
No sorrows. No bitterness. No complaining.
I'm still in disbelief of what I just did. All started with a heartbreaking story ...
