So Quiet In Here

I’ve been a fan of Van Morrison  for as long as Andrea and I have been together and it struck me as a good spot to re-ignite this blog. I’ve been neglecting it as my focus has been on healing and as understandable as that is I don’t think it’s right or balanced. So this is meant to kickstart a shift.

The song goes likes this as you get into it:

• Multiple bike races covered, more planned (even though I had to miss some of the major events of 2013 like ToEG, MSA and the Quebec/Montreal races).
• more published articles this year than I would have thought possible for me, as a visual guy. I’ll have to not say anything for at least a year just to reset the scales!
• I put my bike back together last weekend, yes the one I crashed on. I even rode it to test shifting. I’m soooo looking forward to getting back on a bike.

The flip side:

• My personal focus has shifted from what I think matters to what I need to do for the contracts I’ve accepted. This is new to me and I will sort out the right balance given enough time.
• My body is saying “really? you expect to ride???” My answer is… yes
•  I expect more surprises

I will find my balance, it’s important to me that I do and so I know it will happen. How much riding, how much office work… what that balance looks like is still to be sorted out

I can say with absolute certainty that what I have gone through has changed me and I am less inclined to compromise on things that I think are important.

So…
a lot of words and no images. That’s not in keeping with what I’ve just written so let me add a few visual highlights of the time spent thinking those thoughts… treat this as a little bit of the churn and accumulation of cobwebs inside my head. I’ve been (and still am) very positive about this. I just haven’t talked much about how hard it has been and still is to keep that positive view on life. That’s for another time…

The Bowker / Sher gathering to say farewell to Bowpark

Building it up