One....year. One....year....I have been adding to this blog. This.....journal....of sorts. What started out as a means of expression for me....

I was on vacation this past week. A whole week. An event that rarely happens. I accrue a shitload of overtime during tax season. Plus....I...

School's out... get your sea turtle ready... you'll need it to get you to the peak... I got mine.

I see London. I see France. I see Sonja's underpants... photo courtesy of gaz

Will the real genius please stand up? Ten years this beauty still woos me. I picked her up in the summer of 1997. I had just finished Hood...

Yes...it's true. I...am a tree hugger. Blame my spoiled youth...if you must. There were eight giant oak trees in my parents' front y...

50 meter pool ------------------ 500 s 100 k 400 p 3 x [200 @ 3:30 finger drag mod/ 100 @ 2:00 neg steady/ 100 @ 2:15 finger drag mod/ 100 @...

...came out to play. Headhigh peaks at Timbuktu. She came alive. Pretty sure I saw her smile...more than once. side note: Lots & lots o...

My very first paddle out into the lineup.... ...was on this board. She belongs to the v-man's dad. He picked her up in the early 80...

That's right....I got tagged. Not exactly sure of the rules....but daddypapersurfer has issued the challenge. My take on this....a mode...

...hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up the clock the clock struck one the mouse ran down hickory dickory dock... I've been without my ...

Ladies & Gentlemen..........Elvis has left the building. My yogi is on sebatical for a month. Thailand. Getting his om on. I've...

A Pre-Mother's Day cleaning spree (my usual routine) with a little v-man help made for a nice segue into Sunday. Got to hang with a fe...

So.... I've been perusing various blogs lately. Reading....laughing...oohing...aahing. Taking note of all the creativity that comes wi...

I don't even know where to begin... Four great sessions. Two days. Witness to some amazing rights (and stand up barrels) by gaz & th...

I knew as soon as my alarm went off....it would be one of those days. I could hear the rain through the open door... I could feel it coming....

...in a pod. S....the other half that makes up my twin-ness. I'm sporting the specs. She's sporting the six-month-old. This pic is...

50 meter pool --------------- 600 swim (choice) 400 pull 4 x [200 ez @ 4:00/ 4 x 50 @ 1:00 - breast; 0:55 - fly; 0:50 - back; 0:45 - free] 1...

No spare eyes (after last week's contact debacle) and 25mph wind gusts kept me out of the water Sunday...which totally sucked. But...p...

minus tide...