This week I went skiing with my daughter. We had some great bonding time. She is a beginner so we went to a small resort. We went to Donner Ski Ranch which is a smaller family owned resort with great beginning runs. It was a beautiful day. It had snowed a little the night before. … Continue reading “Skiing”
Written by Elizabeth Clark
This last weekend, I was walking with my parents when I saw a Western Meadowlark sitting on a telephone wire. I heard a noise that sounded like a shot, and then the Meadowlark fell to the ground. I went to grab him, he had a wound to the left side of his chest. He wasn’t … Continue reading “Western Meadowlark”
Written by Elan Wilbur
I recently just finished reading the book You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hanh. There was some good insight on meditation. I have a hard time meditating. This book was helpful. The author talks about three elements. The body, the mind, and the breath become one. It is the idea of sanchin. The only difference … Continue reading “The Book You Are Here”
Written by Brody Hocking
Yesterday I started the process of getting a job and also researching how to start my driver’s training. For over a year I’ve been majorly procrastinating on finding a job and starting my drivers ed, I honestly think it is all just because I have been scared of growing up. I have so many good … Continue reading “Starting my Adult Life”
Written by Brody Hocking
These last few weeks something a little unusual has been happening to me. I have been getting random dizzy spells, short term headaches, and getting blurry vision for no reason. It’s been happening either when I’m walking around or even sometimes sitting still. My mom and I thought I had low iron so she took … Continue reading “Doctors visit”
Written by Matt Nedresky
Animals have always been a passion for me. As a boy, my dream job would have been a nature show host, like Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter. His passion for conservation and genuine love of all animals of all kinds was infectious. Although I ended up going the route of human healthcare, I still have … Continue reading “Animal Buds”
Written by Jake Ross
Since I am behind on blogs, I am going to talk about my interest in motorsports. Many years ago here in the US, if anyone said they were watching a race, they almost certainly meant nascar. So for many years I associated motorsports with nascar. I thought nascar was boring, and I still do, but … Continue reading “Motorsports”
Written by Jake Ross
Yesterday marked the 100th day of our black belt tests. Because of that I want to reflect a little bit on my first 100 days. This time was most definitely about ironing out the routine for me. Prior to the start of my test I was doing some pushups and situps to prepare, but before … Continue reading “100 days”
Written by Jake Ross
Last tuesday my school made every single junior take the SAT.(At least we didn’t have to pay for it) On monday they finally decided to tell us that we needed to be at school at 8 instead of 8:30, and as you could probably imagine, made us all so, so happy that we had to … Continue reading “SAT testing”
