I’ve been bicycling regularly since May 2009. I started with a hand-me-down, PoS, and upgraded to a Specialized Globe – the cheapest good bike money can buy – in January 2010. After logging 28,757 miles, I replaced that bicycle this week. It was a good and trusted friend. Riding in Arizona Most of those miles […]
Category Archives: Body
Kayak
With the Kinnickinnic River a short drive from the house and inspired by the thought that I can take my grandchildren on a grand adventure, I acquired a tandem kayak that is easily converted to a solo kayak. Grandson Travis will be the first victim, but we will wait until summer vacation in just a […]
Spiritual Understanding
In a December 2017 interview with Kozo Hattori and Pavithra Mehta from Awakin.org, Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer said, “A spiritual understanding not practiced under fire is without value.” This is as profound a statement of spirituality as I have heard. It was part of her answer to the question, “Your Greatest Inspiration.” Dr. Aluli Meyer grew up […]
Around the World in 6 Years, 9 months and 4 Days
I have been looking forward to this post for quite some time …. One thing I learned from six years of intense caregiving is that I cannot and should not expect other people to live their lives the way I choose to live mine. While I used to get po’d at the way people choose […]
Around the World in Seven Years
Goals have been important to me since I was a young boy. When I set a goal, I work hard to achieve it and I remain focused upon it. In May 2009, I began riding a bicycle for the first time since I was a young teenager. When Mrs. tVM and I returned to the […]
Around the World in Seven Years
woke up at 0400 … accomplished two of the four “S’s” … cleared my email and checked book sales, we’re already on the board for 2014 0500 … headed up to the Redemptorist Renewal Center at 0500 …. performed my daily devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help …. contemplated for 30 minutes in the […]
The Economy of Hunger …
As a participant and supporter of Heifer International, I received a welcoming brochure in the mail this afternoon. According to Heifer International, 852 million people around the world are chronically hungry and 25,000 people die every single day from poverty and hunger. I looked for another source. According to Starvation.net, one person dies needlessly every […]
The Simplicity of Weight Loss
I’ve come to realize I am not my body. If you ask me today, “How do you feel?” I will answer, “Terrific!” My body may be experiencing some ache, pain or other illness, but that is my body. The ME who dwells inside this body feels very good. That said, my body ‘houses’ me, and […]
The Fields of Friendly Strife
“Mandatory knowledge” was a key element for my classmates and me when we entered the United States Air Force Academy in 1967. Of the countless facts and dates I was required to put to memory, the one that has endured the years is a quote from General Douglas MacArthur to the 1946 graduating class at […]