I just got back from a 360-mile, 5.5-day bicycle trip from Pittsburgh to Washington DC. I know there are easier ways to get there – like cars, airplanes, horses, jetpacks. But I set a goal and wanted to accomplish something beyond the normal – at least for me. I learned a bunch of things on this trip. Like at 59, I can’t ride and talk at the same time as my much younger riding pals could. At times, I needed…
I grew up in the era when cartoons ran back to back for four hours on Saturday mornings. No DVR or on-demand or Cartoon Network. Saturday morning was the Cartoon Network of my childhood. We slurped our cereal in front of the TV consuming one 13-minute cartoon after another until mom or dad insisted in very loud terms that we get outside and “do something”. We all thought watching cartoons WAS doing something. Every cartoon, in fact every movie has…
In my last post, we talked about two things that shape us – Mountains and Mentors. Today I wanted to talk about Valleys and Villains but they’re both fascinating topics. So I’m going to give them each their own post. Let’s talk about Valleys today and how they shape us. Villains we’ll save for our next week. Last year on a bike ride from Boston, MA to Providence, RI, I painfully felt that all I did all day long on…