Last year set the template for all future birthdays — National Park visit, local hike & dessert 🙂

• birthday month Nat’l Park visit: Crater Lake National Park.  Check.
• trail ran 10+ miles at White Ranch Open Space in Golden, 2 loops of hike & hills in summer heat.  Check.
• took advantage of Ash & Tom’s grilling skillz — chicken, grilled peaches & corn on the cob Friday; rib eye steak Saturday.  Top that with homemade birthday cake: lemon curd, cream cheese icing, adorned with candied lemons.  FAAANNNTASTIC!

Kicked off Birthday Week 2015 with dinner theatre in Boulder, front row table to Mary Poppins.  Super fun Thursday, Chim-chimney!

Ended Birthday week at the Shambhala Mountain Center, an hour west of Fort Collins.  Quiet, peaceful alone time, deep in the Colorado Rockies.  Good place to reflect — where I am, where I’ve been, where I’m going.

excerpt from buddhism & gnomes, October 2013

 

Don’t expect this to be a popular viewpoint, but I believe my God loves all his people & works through a series of faiths/religions to develop & activate our spirituality. HUGE fan of prayer & meditation.

 

I’m not a follower of Happy Buddha [I’m Christian], so why go?  I challenge you to put your mind in the right place – push out judgment & preconceived ideas – get quiet, close your eyes, breathe, pray/meditate.

Diggin’ birthday month — lookin’ forward to 2016 🙂