Self Care is Selfish Recently, my wife and I gifted each other a private soak at a nearby hot springs. Just the two of us, relaxing in a pool of naturally heated water, enjoying each other’s company – no phone, no laptop, no distractions,...
Conscious Living I’m fortunate to live at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Each clear morning I have the opportunity to watch the sun color the high peaks with early morning light, before that light reaches the valley floor. As I watch the beauty unfold,...
The Gift of Diversity Shortly after my nineteenth birthday I took a bus from my home in southern New Hampshire to Yosemite National Park. As a rock climber I wanted to see what Yosemite had to offer. I hadn’t traveled much outside of the New England...
How often do we put on the same old jacket every time we head outside? Is it because it’s comfortable and familiar to us? Maybe it reminds us of a time long ago and the memories are too strong to replace it, even though the jacket may be old, worn, and...
I’m fortunate to live in the shadow of the continental divide, where the mountains rise six thousand feet above the valley floor, reaching a total elevation of over fourteen thousand feet above sea level. I can clearly see the summits of four of these...
