Thanks for this one, Gerard. I plan on showing my fam on the Mac screen. We could use the cheering up (we’re fine but going to a funeral this weekend).
I’ve taken to watching third-party YouTube helmet cams of the mountain climbs, rock climbs and ice climbs that I did before digital cameras. In my day, we had to rely on scrawled topos in a book, or whatever we could see in front of us. Dah-um those were some exposed perches we got on. It’s been a very long road from there to here, and I see the hand of God in spite of any current infirmities I suffer.
If I didn’t take that better attitude, I’d be jealous of these young athletes!
TerryJanuary 17, 2019, 7:18 AM
Casey- Great attitude you have there. Stay with it!
Every time I walk into a bicycle shop I see the new mountain bikes, and just get the lust. Say what you will about this age and time, people are making some absolutely magnificent machines. My still impulsive nature says, “Oh, hell, why not?”
Common sense whispers in my ear, “Emergency Room. That’s why not.”
So I pedal along at non-lethal speeds on the fat tire cruiser, grateful for what I’ve got.
Youth is squandered, ” They Say” . My daughters into this Cross Fit, fitness shown. Strange how even something as simple as a workout has come full circle. She’s 32 a week ago can bench press small Buicks. Knocks out pull ups, with a 35 plate attached to her. Listens to music doing planks or some odd maneuver, I believe to be a crunch.
EVERYTIME I see her, I see the very best I had to give, thank god she is more like Her beautiful smart loving mother. Well she did get some of me, she’s hard headed. Conservative to a fault. Her idea of a shopping spree is an afternoon at goodwill.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Thanks for this one, Gerard. I plan on showing my fam on the Mac screen. We could use the cheering up (we’re fine but going to a funeral this weekend).
I’ve taken to watching third-party YouTube helmet cams of the mountain climbs, rock climbs and ice climbs that I did before digital cameras. In my day, we had to rely on scrawled topos in a book, or whatever we could see in front of us. Dah-um those were some exposed perches we got on. It’s been a very long road from there to here, and I see the hand of God in spite of any current infirmities I suffer.
If I didn’t take that better attitude, I’d be jealous of these young athletes!
Casey- Great attitude you have there. Stay with it!
Every time I walk into a bicycle shop I see the new mountain bikes, and just get the lust. Say what you will about this age and time, people are making some absolutely magnificent machines. My still impulsive nature says, “Oh, hell, why not?”
Common sense whispers in my ear, “Emergency Room. That’s why not.”
So I pedal along at non-lethal speeds on the fat tire cruiser, grateful for what I’ve got.
JWM.
Youth is squandered, ” They Say” . My daughters into this Cross Fit, fitness shown. Strange how even something as simple as a workout has come full circle. She’s 32 a week ago can bench press small Buicks. Knocks out pull ups, with a 35 plate attached to her. Listens to music doing planks or some odd maneuver, I believe to be a crunch.
EVERYTIME I see her, I see the very best I had to give, thank god she is more like Her beautiful smart loving mother. Well she did get some of me, she’s hard headed. Conservative to a fault. Her idea of a shopping spree is an afternoon at goodwill.
Dirk