Posted in America, light, lovie, paragliding on Saturday, November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wasn’t there this year, but I haven’t forgotten
how, in the right wind, you soar up the slope
to join the jelly beans in the sky.
The launch site is a green and distant memory, mere patchwork
and the snowy mountains are all yours.
Afterward,
your feet on the ground as your wing falls slack,
you’ll never forget
the staircase of air
the [...]
Posted in America, Australia, England, art, family, friends, ice, leeds, light, norway, paragliding on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today the light was soft. Sunlight hazed through billowy clouds, gilding the edges of the harvested fields, getting caught in the golden trees that have already started losing their hair. English weather really. Most mornings, frost glitters on everything, and once the mist clears, the sky is blue as ice.
Quite a lot has happened in [...]
Posted in America, birthdays, lovie on Sunday, April 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
to my lovely man, who takes me soaring above skylines
where we watch the earth glow, glitter and fade.
Posted in America, adventures, lovie on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m loving the internet right now. I’m in Singapore airport, exploiting the free wireless. After twelve hours on a plane, preceded by two days of dazed wandering around London, preceded by seven hours on a plane, it’s quite remarkable to be so connected. In the past couple of hours, I’ve had an email conversation with [...]
Posted in America, adventures on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Posted in America, adventures on Sunday, April 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted in America, Australia, adventures, halden, happy, phd, snow on Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Photos by Michael.
Well, I can declare the two quiet weeks at my desk a success. While none of the chapters I was working on is quite done, Murray is 95% done, Webb is 50% done, and theory chapter is 75% done. And I have clear plans for the remaining sections. By the end of today, [...]
Posted in America, lovie, paragliding on Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We’re flying back to Norway tomorrow and I’m looking forward to getting stuck into my thesis again. I’ve had over twenty hours of airtime which has been brilliant. I’ve been working on keeping my wing stable in turbulent conditions, and practicing flying in strong and light winds. I seem to naturally fly higher than most [...]
Posted in America, paragliding, seasons on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Posted in America, hiking, paragliding on Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
After a week of quite wonderful flying, we escaped down to south east Utah for the weekend to avoid a storm. It was the right move, as now all the mountains are capped with snow.
One of the best things about flying this time has been a growing sense of proficiency. We’ve been awarded our P3 [...]
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