My running buddy Paul sent me a link to a blog of a ultra runner.  In his posting this ...   more »

 

In late January I purchased, from Rock Island Technology Solution, a HP nc6400 laptop.  This little, kick ass, ...   more »

I do not like getting sick, though I suppose I am not alone in that category.  I am happy to ...   more »

I am sick. Boo hoo. I hate chest colds and that is what I have. Boo hoo some more. I am such a whiner when I am sick.   more »

If you haven't read the prior posting about My Goal, you might want to do so.

Here is my Plan ...   more »

Last Sunday my friend, Stan, and I were running in the DNR land/forest and we became lost (see prior posting).  ...   more »

Ok, maybe trail running in the remote DNR forest after the two biggest storms in the last ten years can ...   more »

My dear little sister, Merit Addie, has paid for me to fly to Billings, Montana.  Then my dear older sister, ...   more »

Stan Reitan and I traveled across the big water this morning on the red eye to participate in the Nookacamps ...   more »

Mike Greene, the very nice man who signs my paycheck, has been taking lessons and playing the bag pipe.  See ...   more »

6:39 a.m., January 11, 2007.  At present our temperature is 25 degrees F with a North Wind blowing at 25 ...   more »

The first week of January carrying of rain along with it.  I mean we have had a couple of days ...   more »

In a couple of days the New Year will be here.  Let's see, where to begin.  Christmas, minus the new BMW motorcycle, was very nice and quite for us - which I was grateful for.  This past month our family has been through some trials and having a peaceful Christmas was much appreciated.

Santa was really good to us.  I have a new green Retro 51 Tornado (visit http://www.retro51.com), socks, a Moleskine Notebooks and address book, a couple of flash lights and a Bocce Ball set (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocce).  I am a very lucky guy!  And grateful.

Now for the New Year:  2007.

I don't have any predications that I feel so great about to make.  I think life here in the islands will be a combination of busyness and easiness.  Running wise I think I am going to run a half marathon in January, a 25K trail run in February, the Chuckanut 50K in March, either the half or full marathon at the Whidbey Island event in April.  May I might run either the half or full marathon up in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.  June is when I put on our local marathon, but maybe I could get over to Port Angeles and run there in mid-June.  The rest of the year is open.

I see myself staying as General Manager of Rock Island Technology Solutions.  I enjoy the work and I enjoy the people and we are doing some pretty cool things for the community and for our customers.

Somewhere in all this I would like to travel with Samantha on the motorcycle and maybe do a trip or two of camping.  Maybe another trip to Canada would be in order.

I hope to have some time with my whole family at the same time - which is rare.  One sister back east, one sister in southern Wyoming and one sister in northern Wyoming.  My Dad and Ann in northern Wyoming, plus Ammon and Angela in Seattle along with the local clan in Friday Harbor.  This wide open space between us all makes getting together a tad difficult.  This could be the year we all can get together.

Other than those listing above, I hope 2007 is a good and positive year for us here and those afar.  Here is wishing you all a Happy New Year.

Well, here it is Christmas Day.  Our house is quite as everyone is still sleeping.

We have a low-key day planned.  I am going for a run in a few minutes, then a gift exchange - though I don't see any boxes big enough to hold a new BMW motorcycle, but I am ok with that.  Then a casual day of cooking a turkey and preparing for a late afternoon dinner.

I hope everyone has a nice day and pause to remember what the day is about.

Merry Christmas,

Clark

When I was a boy I looked forward to Christmas with a bunch of enthusiasm and wonder.  Of course the ...   more »

Today is Wednesday and boy, what a week it has been, thus far.

My friend, John Volk, passed away on ...   more »

Here are some things happening in and around Friday Harbor.   more »

I like the Holiday Season, or the Christmas Season.  Being a Buddhist doesn't mean I can not participate in the ...   more »

Man, what a week this has been, starting with the Snow Fall on Sunday morning about 9:30. I know this   more »

Sarah's 19th Birthday is today.  Happy Birthday Sarah!!!

My son Ammon, the one on the right, birthday is today.  He is 26 years old, which doesn't make any sense as I am just a tad over 40.  Ammon is a great guy!

Happy Birthday Ammon!!!

Locals schools are closed tomorrow, making the total number of snow days to be three.  Streets are covered with packed ...   more »

Wow!  Major snow here in the islands.  Take a look at these links for photos and coverage.

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/
http://www.sanjuanupdate.com/

To some people that is not a big surprise.  Like yesterday for example.  I met my friends Paul and Brian ...   more »

This past week, plus a couple of days, has been really windy.  Pacific storms blowing through brought the high winds ...   more »

This is a current list of Jack Reacher stories written by Lee Childs, http://www.leechild.com/. Reacher a former Army Military Police travels around the country solving various mysteries. Very entertaining. I would recommend them.   more »

Back in the 1950's Edward Murrow started an essay writing movement called "This I Believe". He fashioned it as a way to hear what people where saying or writing. This movement continues today on National Public Radio (NPR) where 350-500 word essays are read. I haven't actually heard this program because I don't listen to NPR.   more »

Last week I posed a web site for Moleskine Notebooks.  It was www.moleskines.com.

On this site learned of the ...   more »

Last week I wrtoe about my love affair with Moleskine Notebooks, or just Moleskines.  Yesterday I received a call from ...   more »

When I was a young boy in elementary school our P.E. program consisted of going to the gym/lunch room and our P.E. teacher would put a record on a portable player and played this exercised base song "Chicken Fat".  The whole experience was a ball.  I still know some of the words to the song.

Today I was telling Samantha about the song and I received one of those "have you lost your mind" looks, which I receive all to often.  I did a Google search to find the song and redeem myself.  And guess what, I found it.

Here you go.  Enjoy:  http://www.clubcourtyard.com/ChickenFat.html.  Don't forget to turn up the volume!

I have been a “card” carrying Buddhist since 1998.  I went through the process of “taking refuge” from Sakya ...   more »