Buying Time
Allow me to begin this entry with a Happy Christmas or perhaps Happy Hanukkah, or bright, sparkly wishes for any other multinational celebration that you and your family celebrated this month – and to round it out, “Merry Festivus to the rest of us!” 🙂 Now then, to fill in the missing gap from the […]
MY Great Perhaps
Our week in Königssee, Germany was a lot like the track: tricky and quick – but full of lessons. Joining up with 8 of my teammates and our head-coach was a pleasant change of pace and made for many nights of dinner laughs and even a couple team-adventures. Team Canada Skeleton might look different as a […]
Begin Again
Nothing gives easy; easy gives nothing. The fact is, life is hard. Sometimes, it’s really f*ing hard. We push, we pull, we grasp and we clutch. There are times that we fall and other times we stand triumphant. Through it all we acknowledge our rivals who knock off our edges and shape who we become. But no […]
Zoom Out
“Welcome, and congratulations. I am delighted that you could make it. Getting here wasn’t easy, I know. In fact I suspect it was a little tougher than you realize. To begin with, for you to be here now, trillions of drifting atoms had to somehow assemble in an intricate and curiously obliging manner to create […]
To The Bone
Hallelujah that it’s over – what went through you – broke the spell – but until it makes you stronger – what don’t kill you – hurts like hell. For the last three months I have been experiencing a reoccurring dream in the early hours of the morning. I am in bed, asleep, and I very […]