Climbing to New Heights

Sometime in your Life, you will feel the wanderlust. Or the urge to scale a mountain. This year is Climb Kinabalu 2008. At 13,435' (4100m), it's the highest peak in SE Asia. Last year, my wife met up with old friends from school & discovered her hero in an ex-soccer star, daring to lead a second expedition up Mt K. Word soon spread & now, there are about 2 dozen aspiring climbers, from adolescents to mid-lifers, all questing for adventure.

Enjoying the View of Crater Lake

Once in a while, it's nice to slow down. Smell the flowers. Take the scenic route. Last year, my wife & I breathed in the fresh mountain air of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon USA. This area is sacred to the Red Indians. We understood why, just by being there & taking the time to drink in the beautiful vistas.

Being Real, Like Old Skin Horse

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with wanting to do Cosmetic, or to drive that beautiful Car. It's the unhealthy pursuit of wealth & outward beauty, to the exclusion of everything else, that leads some of us down the slippery slope of moral decline. After all, being Real like Old Skin Horse in "The Velveteen Rabbit" is far loftier an ambition, than wanting to be Buzz Lightyear in the Menagerie of Life.

As Time Goes By

Baby Patrick's the new kid on the block. And Sherri's grown into the little story teller.

Grandma may be slower but she's kept busy with toddlers in the house.

And so they say, it takes a Village to raise a Child.