The Wisconsin Skier

One week from last Saturday I took a bike ride. The weather was not optimal and I was not dressed appropriately. Not only those two factors, but I had little and poor sleep the night before and was extremely stressed out with an incident from the day before eating at my soul.

To add to that, I took a longer than normal ride.
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The Midwest Ski Film Festival announces:

To The Ski Industry: Dibs on October 15th and 16th. With Love, The Midwest Ski Film Festival. http://bit.ly/c2WrXh

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Many imagine nature as only nurturing, but lets be honest, it can also be destructive. Many animals in addition to us, build structures to aid in survival and all such animals have to work to maintain those structures. One thing people new to house ownership quickly learn is the forces of nature conspire against them and work to reclaim the materials used to build the house. This results in an activity we call maintenance.
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From time to time I dream of skiing. I am not talking of day dreaming, but about night dreams.

It is one thing to day dream of something, but to night dream of it is different. Last night I had a ski dream, I always wake up from these thinking I am a better skier than I really am, or perhaps the dreams are closer to reality than I give them credit for.
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Water-skiing!

When I was younger and there was about 40 pounds less of me I was a fanatic about water-skiing. I would ski as often as I could, and got to be fairly good at it, but never had the chance to measure myself objectively.
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I was in the reading room earlier today. I opened the drawer and pulled out a fairly new addition to my library and that is an older copy of ESPN the Magazine the issue dated February 22, 2010. So, it is now nearly two months old.

I never really looked at it but did so today and I am glad I did.
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I want to give a shout out to Ski Rebel Magazine online ski magazine. I just discovered the site and like it and is pretty much what I envision for this site.

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Too many times in our lives we cruise on autopilot. We wake up, we go through some routine, we go to bed. We wake up the next day hoping something changes,nothing changes but we repeat the routine. I am not going to repeat the cliché, but when something is not working we have to move on from it. How many of us turn off the autopilot and really take charge of our lives, our finances, our health, our relationships, our…?

We all fall into that trap from time to time. We find something comfortable and it may even really suit our needs. The Grateful Dead in Uncle John’s Band sings:

When life looks like Easy Street

there is danger at your door

Think this through with me

I was at the below concert where the Grateful Dead performs this rendition of Uncle John’s Band: (be sure to read the rest of the post below the fold)

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Those of you who live in locations having four distinct seasons know that certain sounds accompany each season

Some of the sounds are natural being made by animals, insects, birds, and some are man-made. Usually, they arrive suddenly and without warning and just as usual they slowly and unnoticeably fade to nothingness.
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Received the following note in my inbox last Thursday:

Race Registration for the 2011 Birkie, Korte & Prince Haakon Events is NOW OPEN!

Skiers may register online hereor [sic] print a race application and fax it to 715-634-5663 or mail it to our office at:

ABSF
PO Box 911
Hayward WI 54843

There was more information and links in the e-mail visit the American Birkebeiner website for complete details and information.

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