Category Archives: Sport

24-LOPE

2 Replies

Domestication

Uffington White Horse

Strike pointed back up the hill down which they had just driven. Robin ducked her head so that she could see what had caught his attention. A gigantic prehistoric white chalk figure had been cut into the hillside. To Robin it resembled a stylised leopard.

Lethal White, Robert Galbraith

On the second day of her hunting, as she was returning from the chase, and was arrived within a little distance from Mr Western’s house, her horse, whose mettlesome spirit required a better rider, fell suddenly to prancing & capering in such a manner that she was in the most imminent peril of falling.

Tom Jones, who was at a little distance behind, saw this, and immediately galloped up to her assistance. As soon as he came up, he leapt from his own horse, and caught hold of hers by the bridle.

The unruly beast presently reared himself an end on his hind legs, and threw his lovely burthen from his back, and Jones caught her in his arms.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding (1749)

15-PETE

1 Reply

Regarding

Too Late To Turn Away

Passion needs to be cultivated.

What is the best thing you can think of? Let your natural passion for existence extend to include that.

P.S. You are more likely to think of something better while you are doing something productive rather than while you are “just waiting”.

Rebirthing by Leonard & Laut

08-NARL

2 Replies

Impetus

Up & Over the Sidewalk (2022)

A man walks upright. For him it is strenuous to climb a steep hill, because he has to keep pushing his own vertical mass upward and cannot gain any momentum.

The rabbit is better off. His forelegs support his horizontal body and the great back legs do the work. They are more than equal to thrusting uphill the light mass in front of them.

Rabbits can go fast uphill. In fact, they have so much power behind that they find going downhill awkward, and sometimes, in flight down a steep place, they may actually go head over heels.

WATERSHIP DOWN (1972) by Richard George Adams

06-Wing

2 Replies

Traveling

Bicycle Route to Santana Row

Ride we had planned to take last year.

My biking buddy and I were stretching the concept of aging. We were trusting our instincts to keep us out of cars’ way, and pushing forward in terms of distance, testing our survival chances one way & another.

Google Map

Assume the Best; Prepare for Worst

“To a biker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek, and on the road you find.”

Caroline Knapp

28-Punt

Leave a reply

Percolation

Community Center, Campbell
Half-mile South – Along the Los Gatos Creek Trail

Walk a fine line between flexibility & consistency. A strategist must have faith in his strategy and the courage to follow it through and still be open-minded enough to realize when a change of course is required.

Garry Kasparov