Behind Aspen’s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goats—or, more accurately, has-beens […]
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Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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I am avoiding crowds when I can also. And I’m still wearing a mask in the grocery store.
This pandemic is far from over. I thought about rejoining the gym a few months ago and decided against it. If I were making the same decision today I would come to the same decision but quicker. The whole situation is kind of morbidly fascinating to me.
It’s fascinating to me too.
I’m still going to the gym. But I started going to bed earlier and getting up earlier. So there’s rarely anybody else in there when I go. I had it all to myself this morning and last Sunday.
I wish I was an early riser.
I used the time change last October.
Good strategy!
But then come April, ouch!