“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.”- Camus
For audio version click here : To take some of that Border collie edge off, at night I walk Wolfie along the beach. We almost gallop toward the under glow of Atlantic City’s lights to the north. It is very dark, but I can turn off the flashlight; to the east I can see the white of the breakers and the long splash of wet, the tree line and the dunes to the west. For […]
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For audio version click here : The only time I feel remotely like Peter Pan is in the surf. As my wife says, there we are “untethered, unanchored.” After the careful slog away from the shore and the dive into what feels so cold at first, I warm to the water and begin a little skipping, leaping motion off the sandbars and into or over the waves. Hoocha! I can bloody fly. This feels so […]
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For audio version click here : I may take up the criminal life. I think I have found one of its secrets — the ability to disappear in plain sight. Stand over 6 feet tall, have white hair coming out the sides of your baseball cap, wear shades and shorts and a t-shirt which says MARINES across the breast, stand nonchalantly with your four month old puppy seeming to wait for him to go to […]
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For audio version click here : Thirty years ago this summer was the last time I hiked the Rockies with a group. I took a leadership course at NOLS out of Lander, Wyoming. For one full month about 20 of us from all over the countrywere taught technical climbing, the natural history of the area, and survival and leadership skills. Our test came on the last 4 days when we were divided into 4 groups for […]
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