Another year. Will this one be better? In the past two years I’ve had some of my highest highs and my lowest lows. I’ve settled into equilibrium of late, but these most recent restrictions aren’t helping. Even before the New Year was toasted in, 2022 felt deflated. School would be virtual, and restrictions were coming …
On 23 May 2021, I ride. This year is the 10-year anniversary of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. Also, the second year under COVID restrictions necessitating that I ride alone. Last year I raised over $12,000 for prostate cancer research and programs addressing men’s mental health, and increasing suicide rates. For 2021, we are nearing …
When I decided to leave the military I knew I’d need a plan. A plan that needed to be much more robust than just financial considerations and a dream to open a coffee house. I understood that I had to be sure that I understood fully how I defined success in life, and that I …
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I wrote last year about community; community and togetherness. I wrote of a community experience I had and then related it to how community is one of the five keys to happiness, according to the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and his The Little Book of Lykke. The other four keys …
With the end of 2020 in sight, it is time to review the goals I set for the year. Some of these goals, which feel were set so very long ago, have proven hard to accomplish. That’s okay given the many obstacles and challenges this year has thrown at the world. Even before the …
It’s alive! My band, Class of 91, began as a monthly meet up to make some noise. It was cover songs to start, it’s all original music now. Two years on, we’ve performed several pre-COVID live shows in Ottawa and now have available our debut album, Eyes on Fire. The album was started before …
Today I ride for the 2020 Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. An Aggressive Goal Set The goal I set this year was $10,000. A tough goal given the state of things in 2020. Today, we are well past that goal; a testament to my community, my family, my friends. A testament to the small businesses and …
I will carry on with my exploration of adventure next week. This week I am announcing my 2020 fundraising effort for the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride – and their charity partner, Movember Foundation. This is my third consecutive year and this is my priority fundraising initiative. I was late getting started in 2018, but still …
If the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced one fact about life it is truly how little control we have of what circumstances are going to be thrust at us. It hasn’t been especially easy navigating our way through these times. In life you likely have dreams, an objective or a goal you are striving for. …
It is important to support, celebrate, and promote other’s accomplishments. Whether it’s your kids, your spouse, your family, or your friends. Today I will do so for Victoria, a friend. This is a localized post. However, it may prompt those of you from outside the Ottawa area to find similar resources in your own. …
