Here are a few last photos from Hindelang taken this morning. It was a brilliant sun-filled morning. We took yet another path and enjoyed seeing chapels and churches along the way, fields in bloom with dandelions and other wildflowers. The fresh air was intoxicating! After our walk, I took the [...]
In Bavaria: The scent of the Mediterranean Sea and rosemary in bloom do not sink into my skin. Nor does the Sicilian sun. Instead, this fertile Bavarian valley gives off the rich scent of dairy cows and of fresh meadows filled with wildflowers. Here, it is the brisk mountain air [...]
Hello from Bavaria! Huh? You say, "Bavaria??" Yup. My flight route was Seattle-Amsterdam-Munich-Rome-Palermo. I stopped in Munich, as planned, and took a train to the city center where I then caught a direct train to Sonthofen in the Bavarian Alps where Ursula and her sister Elsbeth picked me up and [...]
A week ago, on Saturday, May 5 and on Sunday, May 6, I offered two day retreats at Crystal Creek Yoga Studio in Issaquah. I offer these day retreats twice a year, in the spring and again in the autumn. They are very special days. Crystal Creek Yoga Studio is [...]
When Rick was in high school, he had a great friend named Smitty. Rick and Smitty had many adventures together, but the greatest one was an 11 day rowing trip they did right after graduating from high school. They rowed in an antique dory, simply for pure adventure, from their [...]