And lovely music. The below is Alain Thébault’s L’Hydroptère and the nautical mile speed sailing record yacht in SF Bay. Shot simply to relate unbelievable speed:
Ozymandias, by Percy Shelley
Percy Shelley’s Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown And (more…)
Sailing to Byzantium, W. B. Yeats, 1865 – 1939 (public domain)
Sailing to Byzantium That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees —Those dying generations—at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Dr. Richard Miller on Ernie, and the biggest changes in the last 125 years.
An old story…. of big changes. The impact of the auto on community, life. I will let it stand alone: “So it goes. It couldn’t last forever, it was unsafe, but it’s hard to see something like that (more…)
Wilbur Hot Springs as the first off grid non-tech “luxury” experience, our technological addictions…
The below is reprinted from an old blog I managed for Wilbur Hot Springs, which is physically a few hours north of San Francisco. It’s a 100% off grid hot springs and hotel / resort-ish / glamping / camping (more…)
We summitted the Matterhorn! FINALLY!
Akin to this ancient post about me ski gliding the alps, it is assured that the person in that post would also summit the Matterhorn. Because that is what that person would do.
Dear Pavlov; an insufficient note to your life.
Our little guy, charming sweet prince, rapscallion and profoundly adorable best friend, Pavlov, has dispatched this mortal coil at 8.20p, 16th August 2014. He was healthy until the last two weeks (more…)