by David | Jan 14, 2015 | blog, dogs
I think about death a lot now. What does it mean? What happens when we die? Is death an end? Or is it simply a transition to a new beginning? Or do we come back to life as someone or something else? We had our Dalmatian, Princess, put to sleep last Friday. She’s...
by David | Sep 10, 2014 | blog
With the killing of Osama Bin Laden and earlier rescue in 2009 of Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates as examples, Navy SEALs are arguably the military’s “best of the best” – the elite military force that gets called upon to do all the tough, clandestine...
by David | Feb 19, 2014 | blog
“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.” – T.S. Eliot Last month I started taking martial arts classes at Boulder Quest Center. I am a white belt (lowest belt rank) and have 12 more belts to earn and at least four years...
by David | Oct 22, 2010 | blog
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin I started rock climbing because it’s new and because I’m afraid of heights. Walking over to the edge of “something” with a drop off (like a bridge or scenic overlook) makes me feel very...
by David | Jul 2, 2010 | blog, race report
To me, the Ironman-distance is an ever changing puzzle waiting to be solved – 1,000 pieces scattered across the table that must be carefully and meticulously assembled over months and months of preparation for a single day of 140.6 miles of racing applied across...