Christmas 2006

Christmas has always been a special holiday for me because it reminds me of family and years long past. My mom passed away a long time ago but I think of her quiet grace during the holidays, clacking away on that old typewriter composing letters to relatives in distant places. Every year I try to write a holiday letter to mark the time and pass on whatever I've learned but its hard sometimes. These days its a complicated process.

Life is good at work and at home, my life is taking its time winding through the courses we all do as we grow older. Like the Tao that winds through a river around all those rocks I'm finding my place in the world. It seems to revolve around work and mentoring my younger colleagues. Teaching them what not to do as much as what works. Its kind of like telling them to do as I say and not as I do, hopefully some of them will listen. I eat and get fatter, I go to the gym and lose weight, I cook and get fatter, I hike and lose weight, on and on the cycle goes. As long as the club is there I'll be fighting the trends and losing weight.

Have a great holiday my friends