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Riding down the mountain

2009-10-19T05:21:46Z

17 miles up. 5600 feet. It was cold.

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Running further and higher on hope alone

2009-10-05T07:34:27Z

At least I thought I had a chance to change her mind. Perhaps only a small chance. But it was worth a try and the only thing I could think of was to run. It was 1988 after I crashed my car with Jessica inside during the few weeks before she wou...

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Desmond Tutu quote at Friends Meeting

2009-10-03T18:08:14Z

Of course "going to church" in Second Life still seems more amusing than completely serious. If it were the opposite, I'd worry I was entering into some sort of Matrix lifestyle. I think what is interesting about Second Life is that it does provi...

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Silence for better or for worse

2009-10-03T06:15:49Z

I enjoyed listening to this 30 minute radio piece about silence, part of a bbc series called "Something Understood." It touched on how silence can rejuvenate and how it can hurt. The intro: Silence is something many of us crave in a world full ...

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Return to Quaker Meeting

2009-09-26T18:31:32Z

I was unable to attend the Quaker retreat this weekend so I decided to return to Second Life where a meeting for worship is held every Saturday at 10 Pacific Time. It has been several months since I last logged on to this colorful world. My ava...

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Seeking all I could find of my girls

2009-08-24T07:25:26Z

Here is the video I took when I dropped by my old home on 28th Ave South, where my daughter Lucy was born on December 2003. This was as close as I could get to Lucy, remembering the time and place she came into this world. I had just finished th...

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Local cycling community comes out for rider killed on popular bike route

2009-08-18T07:45:01Z

It was probably for the best that I did not attend memorial services for Jose Hernando. Or that I did not arrive in time to witness his father speak to the bicyclists gathered in his memory Sunday. I even missed the moment of silence at the very...

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That amazing ride up to Crystal Mountain

2009-08-11T08:14:32Z

It was only because I was mopping my kitchen floor that I started my ride so late. The floor was dirty -- even for me. I had to clean it. Then it was already well after 5 p.m. before I started out of town on my bicycle, listening appropriately en...

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Remembering Jessica and the beat goes on

2009-08-02T23:10:28Z

Jessica was simply a highly impressive young woman who was struck down far too early in life. Recalling her story reminds me of her potential and what she wanted to achieve in her life. She desired to do public service. She had high standards abo...

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Crashing the super cool red GTI

2009-07-22T13:55:48Z

All Jessica had to say was "Stop, John, Stop" and I knew I was in a free fall, a tailspin. I was looking straight at her and her hair as I kept driving that red GTI through the parkway intersection at Evergreen. She said stop again, I think. We ...

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