One beautiful clear morning in early summer, I found myself pacing dirt trails within the Garden of the Gods in Colorado. A work trip had brought me to the area. Though my endurance was nowhere near where it had been in the past, I connected with this terrain. It energized me and I felt as …
My hands felt near frozen. This was crazy. “Just go inside now,” I thought. No. I needed to make one more shot and then I could go in. Only three shots made in a row could produce the psychological, ethereal key that would unlock my own mental door allowing me to physically go back inside …
Where to begin? I have always considered myself an active and athletic person. However, with more years under my belt and time to reflect on it, for the first thirty years of my life I realize that “active” does not necessarily equate to “healthy.” The idea of a “healthy” lifestyle was hardly a consideration in …
Somewhere, burning beneath an unforgiving desert sun, one can find a simple remote neighborhood out in the middle of nowhere. In the corner of one backyard stands a seemingly ordinary fence. It barriers the other bordering yards as it should. And to anyone else, to the current owners, there is likely little or no thought …