UPDATE: My friend Hallie emailed me this – “… The hills are full of them now. Sue and I encountered four on a hike on Skunnemunk. I almost stepped on one in Harriman.” Amazing. A six person hike – Tom & Brigid, Damian and Jeanne Marie, their daughter Kathleen and her boyfriend Drew. On our … Read more
Last Saturday we had a 7.5 mile hike in Fahnestock Park, off Rte. 9. More pictures in a few days but below are a couple of Jeanne Marie and Brigid. Today we are off to New Paltz, where Jeanne Marie and Damian’s daughter Kathleen will be taking us out, with the possibility of a swim … Read more
The video goes into detail on what they needed to do. Whew! Painful to listen to!
Actually the plan is for two hikes of the month this month. This Saturday it’s the Fahnestock Park Round Hill/East Mountain Loop trail. 7.5 miles and rated “moderate” by NY/NJ Trail Conference. Looks excellent. Last month’s hike was to be up both North and South Beacon Mountains, and then south over either Sugarloaf or Breakneck, … Read more
From my friend Joe. You don’t have to be a pacifist to agree with this.
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." -St. John Paul II
Not that this is a surprise – it's been shown in other studies. The new analyses reviewed previous studies of spirituality involving more than 44,000 cancer patients altogether. The studies varied in many ways, but religion and spirituality were associated with better health regardless of specific religion or set of spiritual beliefs. A sense of … Read more
“The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels.” - St. Bridget of Sweden
It's short and very interesting, covering and making a number of points. He mostly fast-walked the whole way. The record was held by this lady, Jennifer Pharr Davis. Scott Jurek talks about what it took to set a new Appalachian Trail record and how to enjoy wild places on the run When Scott Jurek set … Read more
UPDATE: A thought: Nagasaki was the center of Catholicism in Japan. The bomb landed on the edge of the Catholic enclave and killed 60% of Catholics in the city. In the Washington Post, on the 70th anniversary. I posted my thoughts on the immorality of the bombings here Hiroshima atomic bombing, 70th anniversary Go here … Read more