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Archive for January, 2007

for you

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

It’s been that sort of week eh? Seems everyone is in rush mode right now. Of course right when you need to fly at a million miles an hour something else falls apart. It’s life. Glorious and full of adventure! But on the other hand it can be a right [...]

Underground Testing

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Our daily raiment, seems no obstacleTo instantaneous plunging in deep Sea!And revelling in long embrace with thee.- wordsworth

I woke up this morning to one of those bone chilling colds that no number of blankets can hold back. Lying there in the dark and deeply frozen I was dreaming of ghosts. I may [...]

tough

Monday, January 29th, 2007

In the pouring rainLike a change in the weatherHere comes the sunThings could only get betterHey babe believe meTough times don’t last- bad english

Have you ever noticed how tough people can be? It’s inspiring. All you need do is follow along with the seemingly regular, (at least recently) mountain lion attacks on [...]

no kayak, no problem

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Regardless of what you may have heard, you don’t need a kayak to practice your kayak skills. You may have heard rumors of me standing on the shore of lakes having students stirring water with their paddles. This is true by the way and I find it does wonders to help student understand how their blades move through the water. Sometimes there is a method to my madness. . . Really.

Tropical obsessions

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Pain never makes me cry but happiness doesIt’s so strange to watch my life go byWishing it wasWishing it was more like a fantasyWhere everyone surprises meWishing it was-santana

Well, we’ve spent a good amount of time on the tropics this last week. Hey, anything to brighten up our deep winter moods. Of [...]

my hands

Friday, January 26th, 2007

In reality I know that “hand” rolling has very little to do with my hands. They are really just crutches making up for a weakness in my body motions. That’s the way it is with rolling.

verde

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

It’s a cruel, cruel summerLeaving me here on my own- Bananarama

So while I’ve been buried under the cold, white winter, it seems just to rub it in, I can’t stop seeing green! Canoe and Kayak Magazine’s new issue is on recycled paper. In fact the whole issue has gone green in some sort or [...]