IT’S A LOOP!! …or more accurately, a “g”, since after lake #5, Kidney Lake, continuing straight takes you further up to Eye and Tear (6th and 7th) Lakes and spectacular Birdseye views of all other lakes. However, upon returning, veering to your right and following the clearly marked “easier longer” path down, affords you up-close visitsContinue reading “Head Check #19: Seven Rila Lakes Hiking – Bulgaria”
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Head Check # 13 Shawn’s Favorite Brené Brown
For those of you with pre-Toddles, you may wish to skip to the last 13 mins [1:10.00 – 1:22.44] of this outstanding discussion with Russell Brand. Fantastic parenting advice for “What to Expect When The Terrible 2s Arrive”. Also, another little Brudda, Lui, sent a clip on “The Fourth Turning” discussion which I’m currently stillContinue reading “Head Check # 13 Shawn’s Favorite Brené Brown”
Logotherapy and Me
Mission FlipFlopi: Lamu Island, Kenya
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFlipflopi Again, through Mary Stone, Founder of the Island Children’s Fund, and her devotion to keeping Lamu Island and its surrounding waters safe and clean, she invited me to visit FlipFlopi Project on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Check out the full 4-part Series on my YT Channel – https://youtu.be/6TcJkYV2Jtw to be completed May 12, 2022.Continue reading “Mission FlipFlopi: Lamu Island, Kenya”
Sailing the Indian Ocean on a Traditional Kenyan Dhow: The Nakupenda!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUupnxtfM4Y&list=PL2pG1WhjsTCLBcqu4-ZbKqnDHD26tPMAJ&index=14 There are several steps to performing a tack; or turning the bow approximately 45-90 degrees under the same wind. a. Helmsman – steers boat leeward, or into wind, deflating sail, crossing the wind b. Mtenga crew (person up on Mbao or wooden beam with foot peg rests) must come down and reverse position ofContinue reading “Sailing the Indian Ocean on a Traditional Kenyan Dhow: The Nakupenda!!!”
Serendipity = Do. Epic. Shit.
Dima, Anna and The Fighting Dutch: Training Egyptian MMA/Boxing Met up with another friend, Dima from Russia, and his Ukrainian and Russian friends. I met Dima in a hostel in Montenegro and this was filmed my last days in Hurghada, Egypt. Sergy, a paisano of theirs, has been traveling since July 2021 with little toContinue reading “Serendipity = Do. Epic. Shit.”
Head Check # 7 – Dora y Diego
“NOT TODAY, Satan!” I’m still NOT ready to write about this MOST AWESOME pillar of humanity yet, save to say, without Ali Preciado in my life and those of everyone in my family; Kaliks, Kimberly, and especially Michele’s lives Da Ronas and the future of what and how we live would be forever lacking manyContinue reading “Head Check # 7 – Dora y Diego”
Head Check #6: Dance Nakid!
Deep Breathing – Gratitude – Choices Hey man, I completely understand your mom’s trepidations. I had an extreme fear of being in ocean water over my head for many years; it was nearly three decades before I got over that with meditation and scuba diving. First came scuba diving in 1998 in Cartagena, Columbia, of allContinue reading “Head Check #6: Dance Nakid!”
Do Epic Shit 