Minimalism and Paddling

Minimalism, the art of doing more with less may have a lot to do with paddling.

Rolling in particular has the minimalist bent to it. First you learn to hip snap, sweep and brace with the paddle in order to get oxygen. That’s pretty simple, (relatively speaking). If you decide to get [...]

Sigur Ros Live, Calvin Fine Arts Center

Sigur Ros is probably one of the best bands out there at the moment. I’ve mentioned them half a dozen times already. They really have an innocent sort of beauty to their music. I remember feeling this way about early U2.

That feeling sort of faded this year because of “How to [...]

12 step program to give up new gear buying frenzy

Ok I’ve got a problem. I admit it, I am a gear hound. I am always looking for that one piece of gear that will make me comfortable, well illuminated, dry, breathable, faster, more buoyant, less achey, and happier. Is it out there? I dunno.

But I think I gotta have one [...]

Dew on the Edgemoor

We’ve officially become residents of Kalamazoo. We can immediately go out and buy the trendy black and white oval bumper sticker that says proudly, “zoo”. I’ve got two kid size t-shirts on order that say, “Yes there really is a Kalamazoo.”

I now live less than two miles from where I work. And [...]