Noise

It does seem applicable to entitle this recent post in stark contrast to the title of the subsequent post. Although expecting the content of this post to be starkly dissimilar to the content of the last post is a mistake.

The month speeds on the wings of warm weather. New Zealand is quickly approaching summer on four days out of the week - the other three days perform a reversal and take us back to the presence of a wet fall. It seems an adequate metaphor for me personally through this season of life.

Today I will depart for colder climates - leaving the near 30 degree Celsius weather here for the below 0 degree Celsius in Alaska.

Past months have spanned the range of emotion and activity. It is none too soon that a break arrives. Off to the US of A today!

Silence

There is some wonder in my mind as to the effectiveness of attempting to communicate across many miles with the use of this simple blog.

Certainly the wonder quickly subsides when it becomes quite obvious that continuing a current series of blog entries may much improve any supposed effectiveness.

Yes, it is very much a true statement that I am VERY delinquent in providing a recent update to this blog. For that, I TRULY apologize to all those who remained curious and interested in reading about life and thoughts poised from this end of the world.

Why the silence? Well, there is not a one-word answer or other excuse. There are reasons, good or bad, for a three month gap. Much of those reasons revolve around a bit of burn-out, fatigue, and just failing to live in the reality of staying in touch with a bigger world. There isn't really an excuse to be made, nor do I wish to make one - just to agree that such lack is pretty lame.

There are a whirlwind of thoughts going through a mind congested with ideas of a past time. I had hoped things would go differently in keeping in touch with people and the world at large when I set out on this journey some time ago.

Certainly the blog wasn't so much a strict communicative and informative forum as it was a place to share some heart and some of life. I'd much like to say that efforts shall improve, but, I've said that before... So, we'll have to wait and see what proves true.


I had the opportunity to spend two of the last three months house-sitting a neighbor's home - it was a good break from community life.


The house in which I lived for two months.


Louie the dog!


Mac the cat.

Winter Calm... Uh, NO.

Whoever said that the winter season brought additional down time? Somewhere along the line I lost that memo...

This much I know that winter has brought: a lacking of emails, blogs, and pretty much just staying in touch with the world at large.

Currently, I am wading through the pit of lost communications - someday soon I hope to emerge victorious! In the meantime know that I whole heartily appreciate any form of communication with you, the world around me.

Here's some not-so-random pics of two weekends ago:

Snowboarding at Mt. Hutt (the drive up the mountain is half the adventure...)


At the top, wondering what's on the other side...


It was a nice day out on the top of the world at the bottom of the earth.


Working towards an Ansel Adams effect...


Rugby anyone? New Zealand All Blacks vs. South Africa deer-like-mascot-creature (B-team)

Maybe somebody should remind him that he is actually from Canada... Actually, not one of us really understood all aspects of the test (match) - some of us just went to yell.


In spite of the fact that this may appear a bit uninteresting I would have to say that rugby is quite grand to view.

More to follow, soon, very soon...