A gorgeous, bright and sun filled day here in Maine, a most interesting last week where I got to meet many great souls, give back to the community and take a break from the hustle and bustle of every day living.  What have I learned.. that a lot of this society lacks ambition, motivation and the drive to excel, yet despite all this, the human soul is strong in most people, good still outnumbers evil and despite all the laziness and apathy in our world, hope is still plentiful and if we can got a good leader to run this country and come togethe as a nation and a world, the potential is limitless. On a more practical note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY sister Bryn, plans for a cruise aboard the Triggs tonight,the running of a triathalon in Bath tomorrow and BBQ Clambake tomorrow at SYBS….

My past trip to UVA a few weekends ago for my 5 year reunion, damn I am getting old yet feel so young.  A few pictures from the excursion courtesy of Mr. Mike Mahon.  Some golf, some food, some hiking, a lot of memories, a lot of great times…it takes but a phone call to stay in touch, the years, months, days, hours you spend with people, don’t lose touch, stop and say hello….

Our chalet for the summer in many thanks to the genorosity and good will of Scott, the owner, who has asked myself along with my brother and sister to caretake the cottage and his 5 properties in the area.  Rough place to live I daresay, 4 bedrooms, wonderful deepwater dock  dining table that seats 16. Fine dining and cocktail parties only, no more of that rigamorale fraternal living!

If you can’t find me in Portland or Bath, this will be my spot, sailing, boating, and typing away on this computer in my continued efforts to come up number one in Google for the keyword “Maine Real Estate.”  currently I am at 18 and rising!!!

Pics to follow soon but the results are in, a clean and decisive win for myself – number competing – 1 .  Official participants numbered a whopping 4 with my sister doing the kayak leg, not having shoes to then run, team Whitter (biking) and mariah (running, who by the way is fast!!! ) rounded out the numbers.  Photographer Sverre St. John and Poet Laureate Scot Herrigel and many others lent their hands in the enourmous support network it took to pull this thing off.  For the 15 or so people who claim Summer Days Race is their time to shine, lets put your money where your mouth is and start trainig, late August shall be the time.  A most excellent Sunday morning here in West Point, once I got my new contacts in the right eyes, life is looking much clearer.  

Well, my eloquent entry just got deleted before I posted it.  The basic gist… United sucks, got stuck for the night, thus solved all the Iraq and global warming problems with Bushy, paying 9.99 to write this entry and getting ready to golf for the first time all year at UVA…. till next time!