Big Jim. A gentle giant. A gem of a human, and a loss that will be missed. Jim Whittaker, who passed away at 97 on April 7, was - to say the least - an amazing person. Like his twin brother - Lou Whittaker, who passed two years back - Jim was a massive man, […]
“Don’t get happy!” came the thundering voice from the sidelines. It was a classic saying of the late Norm Walker, my football coach, English teacher, poet, wisdom-giver, and wonderful man in high school at Holderness School. It sounded strange at first blush, but made sense the longer one played for Coach Walker: he hated cockiness, […]
Take meTo the magic of the moment on a glory night I wasn’t expecting to hear the Scorpions in the rural outskirts of Danilovgrad. And especially not belted out by a group of passionate, wine-buzzed, new Montenegrin friends roughly in tune with an accordion player. But, strange things happen when you open up on the […]
During this season of trying to give happiness, and as we look to the new year still immensely complicated by pandemic, war, and strife, we need to look deeper at what brings happiness to us, and to the world.
croatia, Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, love
Read MoreImpermanence is often a dirty word in the Western world, but with thought and acceptance, it is a massive positive, and a brush with eternity.
impermanence, inspiration, perspective, Thursday Thought
Read MoreA wildlife utopia, Salisbury Plain and other parts of remote South Georgia may soon be impacted by an iceberg the size of Rhode Island.
Antarctica, climate change, South Georgia, travel
Read MoreA brush with a Damara tribesman in the hinterlands of South Africa and lessons about forgiveness and the unbreakable human spirit.
forgiveness, inspiration, perspective, south africa
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