Sunday, November 21st, 2010
As I have mentioned previously, a wise wild woman suggested that the great grey owls I encountered this summer were angry. I considered her interpretation of the events, and decided to follow her suggestion of performing a ceremony to let the owls know of my good intentions.
I have long been ...
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
These encounters with the owls prompted me to do some research to learn more about them. A great resource I found online is The Owl Pages. I also consulted Ted Andrews' Animal Speak, as always.
I learned that the great grey owl (gray to you American readers) is the provincial bird emblem ...
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Reporting back to you after completing the Klondike Road Relay last weekend, I have to say it was an amazing experience, an awesome race, and a great trip to the great white north.
My leg of the race (leg 4 of 10) began at the Canada Customs border between Alaska and BC. ...
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The time has come! I leave for the airport in an hour, to fly up to the beautiful Whitehorse, YT, for the Klondike Road Relay! I told you before about my aggressive 10-week training schedule. As you might expect, I stuck to the schedule like glue for the first five weeks, ...
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
Well, after my magical experience on Wednesday night, I was quite looking forward to my run Thursday night, hoping to see the great grey owls again. On the way down the trail, I didn't see them, but I thought it was still too early. It wasn't quite dusk yet. On ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Well, folks, I've signed up for the running adventure of a lifetime! My friend Gordon sponsors a team for the Klondike Road Relay, and he has invited me to join the team this year. The race takes place on September 10 - 11, beginning at 7 PM in Skagway, Alaska, ...
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
How's that for a brag! I think this time I have earned the right to boast. I'm 44 years old. I smoked very heavily for 25 of those years. I never thought I would beat the 1-hour mark for a 10K run. And my time last night on the Longest ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Spring is here, with several cougar emails in my mailbox, fresh blossom scent in the air, and runners gearing up for the Vancouver Marathon and Half Marathon, as well as the Sun Run after that. I had a couple delicious runs in the cool spacious air of early evening this ...
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
The kath is the belly centre, also known as the hara (in some Buddhist traditions) and the don tien (in martial arts) or dantien. In the Diamond Approach we use the term kath, and one of the foundational practices is the kath meditation. The kath centre is also known as the ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
I swear I was about to run through a rainbow today. There it was, just ahead of me, spanning from the North Shore across the Burrard Inlet and just to the right side of the trail I was running on. It was only about 500 metres away, tops. The colours ...
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