After a quiet weekend (much of which was spent working on the Exultate contact management database) I hit the slopes again Monday and Tuesday. The skiing was the best yet. We had two feet of snow over the weekend, so there was fresh (and deep!) powder all over the mountain. On Monday afternoon I skied […]
A skiing breakthrough today after a good lesson yesterday afternoon: I can ski moguls! This may be principally because I’ve finally had enough back-to-back ski days that I’ve got over the initial fear period and have learned to commit myself down the slope, a key part of the technique. Anyway, I’m pretty pleased with my […]
Hello from Jackson Hole, WY! I got here on Wednesday evening after a long day of travel, and hit the slopes for the first time yesterday. The weather is nice — just below freezing, bright sunshine in the afternoon — and the snow conditions are very good, although there hasn’t been much fresh snow for […]
Wow, I haven’t updated this in a while! I forgot to write a quick review of Helen “Bridget Jones” Fielding’s first book, Cause Celeb, which is a weird but entertaining juxtaposition of the lives of celebrities in England and the lives of volunteers at aid camps in African starvation zones. A strange book, missing some […]
I’m back from England! As you can tell from the time of this post, I am going to be somewhat jetlagged for a couple of days. Had a great Christmas, with the annual itinerary now set, settled and comfortable. Spent the first few days with my family at my Grandmother’s in Cuckfield, and then drove […]