Show your colors
Inside: Level up; Waterproof-ish; Water-shy Remember in my last post about swimming I was saying how if it wasn’t challenging enough I’d try to find a way to make it more challenging. Like maybe I could try to tread water the whole time? Well, that was a ridiculous thing to say. Swimming is exhausting. For…
I’ve started a YouTube channel named Blackout Doors. Or BlackoutDoors. Or Black Outdoors. I’m still finding my groove and figuring out the technological logistics – POV video and quality sound are my biggest challenges right now – but I’m getting there. My goal is to bridge the gap for people who are interested in camping…
Being peaceful does not equal being silent. Being peaceful does not mean being passive. Peace — let’s call it non-violence — can be constructive, creative, and confrontational. I detest this random destruction happening in Baltimore. It must be like a flashback to the 60s. The property destruction is awful. No doubt. I see a lot…
White friends? Is this what goes on when a bunch of you — not you personally, of course — get together and think no one else is around and listening? (I mean, I know what happens when a bunch of black people are in their element. They sit around, get loud, and talk about how…
It’s that time of year again. I’ve been training at Underground Athlete for four years this week. Or next week. My calculations are off here because I’ve been training twice a week recently and doing something outdoorsy on the weekends. I did Mental Toughness for a while, too. I ride my bike to the gym…
Okay. Let’s talk about this. There were three triggers for this blog entry. My ridiculously unflexible hamstrings. An online article talking about how men don’t flock to yoga and postulations about why. A video posted by a friend on FB of a Bikram Yoga champion (thanks, Amy). BACKGROUND Yes, when I was but a wee…
I know, right?? We could be here for days. Okay okay. Not everyone at once. One at a time, please. Settle down, everybody. Settle. No, thank you. You’re too kind. Yep. And there’s that. I do do that, don’t I? Thanks for noticing. Oh, are these for me? You’re a sweetheart (call me). You should…
