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What Susan Made of My Birthday

Grief, Soccer•Posted December 31, 2016

May 2016 Twenty-seven years ago today, we pulled into the gravel parking lot of Lisa’s one-room “studio” apartment in Susan’s white four-door Jeep Cherokee, “Butch Running Truck.” Ostensibly, my friend Lisa was making the two of us a treat for my birthday. We climbed steep outdoor stairs and knocked on the glass door. “Surprise!” Lisa […]

Tags: audio, Boston Breakers, celebrations, Gugelhof, Swiss
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What’s the ruling?

Informational, Soccer•Posted December 31, 2015

Given what soccer means to me now, it’s embarrassing to remember how little I knew about it when I went to see the U.S. Women’s National Team play in the 1999 World Cup against North Korea. I had a fantastic time, moving forward and back on my seat, popping up and yelling “YES!” then “uuuuuh” […]

Tags: Boston Breakers, rules, women's soccer, youth soccer
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Women’s Professional Soccer has suspended the 2012 season

Informational, Soccer•Posted February 1, 2012

Two days ago, on January 30, Women’s Professional Soccer announced that they have “suspended” (according to Soccer Wire) the 2012 season. I’m left bereft: what about my team? What about my Boston Breakers? Also, I’m adamant I will start a blog post and actually finish it rather than leaving it in draft purgatory! Most of the […]

Tags: Boston Breakers, Soccer
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One of my Flickr photos

Cobblestones

von Salis house

Samedan, Switzerland

Samedan, Switzerland

The Passage of the Landscape Sculptors

Peeling with dignity

Light over Pemaquid

Moon over the David Bugby

Foot prints on the Jersey Beach I

Foot prints on the Jersey Beach III

Footprints on the Jersey Beach II

San Peter, laced

The start of a long hike

Larch

Samedan in the fall

View from our bench

Porch under snow

Snow on the railing

A slice of heaven

Happy feet

Computing feet

Tree in the grass

Red Bud in bloom

It's the hands that speak I

It's the hands that speak II

View through a Swiss window

Portrait of a Polar Bear

Dinosaur footprint

Dinosaur footprints

Fort Union, New Mexico, July 2003

Door to nowhere

Ominous Sky and Red Rocks

Sky

Above Taos, before the rain

Santa Fe trail ruts

Moss

Next door, 2002

Near Winterthur, 2002

Brown Swiss, 2002

Bike Rack near Winterthur

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