During D’s Christmas break, he, P, and I went to the Linville Gorge here in our county . Well, I had a bushwhacking in mind, knowing the gorge much better than in previous years. We went atop the ridge, down a narrow cut between 300 foot cliffs, waded the river without mishap, went upstream, waded the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
A Long Simmering Tale of Past Adventure Half-Sought
Posted in General, Outdoors, Random thoughts, Sustaining, tagged Outdoors, Random thoughts, Sustaining on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bored to Death
Posted in Beauty, Cultural commentary, General, God Thoughts, tagged Beauty, Cultural commentary, God Thoughts on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On my classroom wall is posted the statement, “Bored is not a circumstance; it’s a state of mind.” From the frequency of gaming, surfing the web and channels, and various other vicarious pursuits of entertainment coupled with short attention spans and lack of excitement for anything short of amazing I would say it is [...]
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