Over time I have amassed a considerable collection of single socks. I would do a load of laundry, and find that there were a few socks that were lacking their mate. These halves of a pair I would throw into a drawer, intending that when another load of laundry was complete, I would match them with their […]
The Unbent
Though the wind tears upon my face and rips through my clothing, and slices into my skin, Though the rain hammers my scalp, drenches my coverings, and chills me to the bone, Though the sun creates blisters upon my neck, and causes me to shed that which shields my flesh, Though the snow and ice […]
Lessons from the Trail (II)
After my meeting with Billy Goat, and a longer than normal rest period, I continued south on the AT. I was well fueled, and felt well rested, though I had only hiked between seven and eight miles. When I would do dayhikes, my feelings of fatigue only showed themselves after twelve or thirteen miles. Admittedly, […]
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One step, one breath, one touch, one blink. One love, one sadness, one anger, one bliss. One summer, one fall, one spring, no thaw. Single vision, solo feel, one impression, one song. A direction, a choice, a journey, a life. One is what we are, what we believe. One is how we feel, how we […]
Lessons from the Trail (I)
Not long ago, I finished hiking all 229 miles of the Appalachian trail in Pennsylvania. A few sections of the Appalachian trail in PA, I hiked multiple times, thus adding quite a few, non-unique miles, to this substantial total. But I can honestly say that I’ve hiked every piece of the AT in Pennsylvania. I […]
Open Heart Incision (II)
The muscles in his forearms began to quiver during the motion as recollection of his prior procedures pulsed through his mind. Crimson droplets beaded at the site of the cut as he drew the knife horizontally across the faded scar on his chest. Flickering squares of red and white bit into his vision as he […]
Contentment
This morning I sat in the grass in the shade. I sat in the grass, by a lake in a state which wasn’t my own. My legs were weary, my shoulders were sore, my feet were blistered and pained, the rest of my body was raw from exertion, and my mental state lethargic from a […]
Rich, Robust, Dark, Mysterious…..
I could be reading this in the entirely wrong order. South County may have intended it to be read Mysterious, Rich, Robust, Dark. But without appropriate guidelines on the can, I simply started with the first word I saw and went around the rim. I don’t often review the same brewery more than once, but […]
First time for this kind of review…….
Those that know me, in the “real” world, know that I love making mead. I enjoy experimenting with all kinds of flavor combinations and will even attempt batches that can only truly be described as esoteric. I bottle every batch that I make, and doing so requires a frequent replenishment of supplies. These supplies range […]
Immolation and Rejuvination
We fear its destruction. We fear the rage. We fear the inevitability of cataclysmic eruption. We shy away, and keep our distance from the gurgling pinnacle. As the burbling mouth spews blood-hued globules into the sky, we cower and shudder. We dare not venture close to the heat tinged aperture. We won’t come close to […]