You can’t go home again. The past is another country. Nothing lasts forever. There must be 1,000 such homilies that...
A Change in Plans
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Revelations
Swimming Against the Tide
“You must know, deep inside, that what you are doing is important, meaningful - vital. That someone somewhere needs...
Re-Thinking the Fundamentals
What if you had the chance to start over with a clean slate, not with something as monumental as a relationship -...
Advice for Silver Skiers & Other Tidbits
This week’s Revelation is an amalgam of important messages for any skiers looking for new skis and/or boots this year....
Snowbird Secrets: On Traverses
Traverses, as the name denotes, cut across the grain of gravity. They are the access points – access bands, actually –...
The Making of a Skier: Hand-Me Downs
I was the fifth of five children. While I naturally lacked the capacity to appreciate my circumstances in my...
Hiatus
To My Dear Readers and Dear Listeners: No sooner had I posted my (wonderful) podcast with Kim Reichhelm, than I...
The Boot-Buying Decision Tree
At the risk of reiterating an axiom with which all skiers should be familiar, your choice of boots is infinitely more...
Price Is No Object
This Revelation should have been titled, “Price Isn’t the Primary Criterion Anymore,” but that’s not as catchy as...
The Con is On!
Earlier this year, I alerted by Dear Readers and Listeners that online advice was about to go from merely shoddy to...
Boots Matter Most
My central message this week is so primordial, so foundational, that it applies to every skier and every shop that...