1/2: At my daughters request, I took her precious bf climbing… you see, Noble Sangha, Dewa introduced her bf Ben to climbing when they were XC and Track Teammates at Luther College…Ben immediately took to climbing like (insert a passionate metaphor here). This morning as Dewa recovers from yet another seemingly endless chain of setbacks […]
pic; chose this project near the Lodge so ilg could water the Plant and Tree Beings while upgrading this very popular access trail to our C(om)unity Herb Garden… since ilg was Dewa’s age (18), ilg Realized that, ‘wow, I can either spend the rest of my adult life studying in college then working in […]
a young Dewa, in now burning Ouray, Colorado…note the outdoor grill in background… ilg gets the whole 4th grilling thing… of course there’s the whole grilling of the burgers and dogs for the 4th of July… I mean, ilg was (and remains) a constant Daddying Presence of a now adult daughter… however, the […]
pic; ilg on the sharp end, being belayed by Dewachen Ilg…technical climbing has not only been a lifelong passion, it and Nordic Skiing has apparently doubled in sacredness with my now-adult daughter still sharing outdoor athlete adventures of world class levels alongside her (very) ol’ man… ilg has always embraced training indoors for all my […]
why do YOU feel feeble ilg prioritizes at age 64 more of this type of manual work like weeding, raking, landscaping during my pro life as a Trailworker/Property Maintenance worker instead of making more $ as a bodyworker/coach (which makes up the other sides of my inc(om)e…) easy answer? so feeble ilg can still […]
the Aurora Borealis effect seen over my h(om)etown and still wild and sacred Animas River last night – comment below if you know how far away from where you live is the nearest wild river (a river that has zero man made dams along its entire length) and how far away it is from […]
*** Dear Kind and Compassionate Community, It is with a huge sigh of relief that we share Dewa’s heart results have come back clear and healthy. The echocardiogram did show a valvular pulmonary leakage, which we’ve been told is quite common in many individuals. The key takeaway is that it can be triggered by […]
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