http://andrewlove.org/blog Thoughts about Speedskating & Speed Skating, Coffee, and trying to relax while moving 35mph on a 1mm thick blade Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:14:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en a nice reflection during one of my 500m races during the 1st USA Masters Single Distance Championships. I like this photo. Steve Penland took the original. It's just how life feels now. A snapshot, reflection. Stuff is going on. Need... Sleep.. http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=786 I turned 40 at 1:05pm today--- So much is made of age, on all sides of the statement spectrum- Age is all in your head, it's a state of mind, you are how old you think you are:::::: But your body tells you in so ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=783 Days pile up, hours, tasks, blocks that fit or don't fit and the whole ediface is wonderful, teetering. my amazing child is doing what kids do at two years old. It's a stunning, jaw dropping thing to watch a brain connect & see all the lights go on, one ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=782 She usually pulls out hair elastics & barrettes, but somehow on this day, clothespins were the coolest thing ever. She is giving me that look that says "I know I'm making daddy laugh, I'm your smart & craftly kid, you are wrapped around my little finger!" So much happening, so ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=781 Fresh on the heels of my previous "Caption this" post, here is another; Images that just beg for the creativity of you, yes YOU, to add description to- Picture #1 Picture #2 Picture #3 http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=777 Yaknow this song. Pick up your instrument! Startin easy, noodling the notes & getting in tune with heart & breathing… Finding well practiced frets in your muscles & joints. Carbon fiber shiny aluminum glinting across tuned strings of men- beginning to thrumm out through stanzas of road, measures of ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=778 Some images just beg for words to be added to them, to explain what “is really is going on”: The first picture has to do with speedskating, the rest are just odd, I will leave suggestive captions up to your collected good minds: Please leave your creative caption in the comments- Picture ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=776 A picture I took with a camera that was handed to me; at a party celebrating a friends 10th wedding anniversary. Fresh pressed tablecloth, the cluster of candles & flow of light. Wine as crisp and red and flavorful as the picture suggests. Intersections; angles of seams pressed in cloth. ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=774 A little over a year ago, I was out mountain biking with my friend Zane, and we rode some trails where wildfires had charred the mountainside. Groves of skeletal trees, ash stains imprinted on the ground, wildflowers beginning to push into view among the devastation. That day, I was ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=679 A live picture from a freezing room at the Holton in Richmond, VA, full of people incredibly passionate about a frozen sport- John Dimon was always fond of saying: “The way people act, speedskating is not life or death, it’s FAR more important.” You see that a lot at this meeting. All level ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=772