Category: Great Outdoors
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beautiful muddy mess
Last Saturday we all did the Bastogne perimeter walk. We walked it; we didn’t even run it. Really! A half marathon with the girls in strollers and Chili on the leash. In the muddy snow melt and cold, windy rain. There were mock-ups of fox holes and command posts along the way. Vintage cars drove […]
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forethought
For a moment I thought that in heaven all bike trails slope gently downhill. But immediately I thought again. Downhills are great for recovery, for seeing the views as land slopes away in front of me and for the sheer thrill of speed. But uphills have their benefits, too. They lower my gaze to the […]
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Bubbles
As I write, I hear Slick cheering on the game of “Ultimate Bubble”, like Ultimate Frisbee but with a ball and with Bubbles as goals. He is in charge of the Bubbles for the kids’ camp here in southern France. To picture a Bubble, imagine a giant, clear balloon with a tube in the middle […]
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the heights of Chamonix
From here looking back, the story shows more of itself. Somewhere in Norway, Jacob practiced law while weighed down with questions about the greater, unseen things of life. His childless wife, Mary, avoids church in part because of scars caused by people’s comments that children are God’s blessing. Both wonder where God is in all […]
Cleverly Disguised 