I’m on the road this week visiting family. So I won’t be posting any photos. I’ll be back next week.

In addition, I’ve decided to take a break from posting on this site. I’ll still be taking photos and you can find them on my flickr stream or on RowdyKittens.com.

Have fun and do good.

“…I’d started a new story about trying to find a story, and so I didn’t need to escape my boring life anymore. I was a character who wanted something, and, well, that’s half the battle.” ~Donald Miller

“Our dependence on automobiles and roadways has profound negative impacts on human health: decreased opportunities for physical activity, and increased exposure to air pollution, and the number of traffic crashes. The health costs associated with these impacts, including costs associated with loss of work days and wages, pain and suffering, and premature death, may be as high as several hundred billion dollars.” via EcoVelo

“If Steve was right about a a good story being a condensed version of life – that is, if story is just life without meaningless scenes – I wondered if life could be lived more like a good story in the first place. I wondered whether a person could plan a story for his life and live it intentionally.” ~Donald Miller

Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone. ~Ken Chlouber, Colorado miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 (via Born to Run)

“Every action flick depicts the destruction of civilization as some kind of crash-boom-bang, a nuclear war or hurtling comet or self-aware-cyborg uprising, but the true cataclysm may already be creeping up right under our eyes: because of rampant obesity, one in three children born in the United States is at risk of diabetes – meaning, we would be the first generation of Americans to outlive our own children.” ~Christopher McDougall, Born to Run

“The best runner leaves no tracks.” ~Tao Te Ching

“There are two goddess in your heart. The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they will concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, give her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you.” ~Coach Vigil via Born to Run

There’s only one truth:
that I belong in your arms
and you inside mine.