tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980287283876875680.post6550456463252246492..comments2024-03-09T02:54:08.647-06:00Comments on The North Shore...There and Back: Volks Ski Fest, Part II: Discretion and valor at CascadeAndrew Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00685074107588955263noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980287283876875680.post-49333882337139598092009-11-22T14:32:46.052-06:002009-11-22T14:32:46.052-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980287283876875680.post-16489170338798087742009-02-04T14:46:00.000-06:002009-02-04T14:46:00.000-06:00Do you have a sample of the special Scottish grani...Do you have a sample of the special Scottish granite for curling stones?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I fell twice this morning on the Northwoods trail east from Penn Blvd in Silver Bay, the easy loops. One fall was on a simple downslope, when I leaned backwards. The other, I stepped one ski on top of another at an intersection. It's a beautiful trail, but I've never tried the "For Experts Only" loop.<BR/><BR/>As for lighthouses, I think I sent you a photo of the Hook Lighthouse near the ruins of the Slade Castle in County Wexford, Ireland.Dave Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145397365650729455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980287283876875680.post-77197442552391809672009-02-04T09:48:00.000-06:002009-02-04T09:48:00.000-06:00I think with all of this literature and curling, I...I think with all of this literature and curling, I will just change this blog to a Scottish culture discussion group. <BR/><BR/>Just kidding.<BR/><BR/>But wow could those Scots build lighthouses!Andrew Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685074107588955263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980287283876875680.post-14082696212280741152009-02-04T09:44:00.000-06:002009-02-04T09:44:00.000-06:00Discretion was certainly the better part of valor ...Discretion was certainly the better part of valor for Sir John F. But what of his Prince Hal?<BR/><BR/>"In peace(and on the flats), there's nothing so becomes a man,<BR/>As modest stillness, and humility:<BR/>But when the blast(of wind on the downhill) blows in our ears,<BR/>The imitate the action of a tiger;<BR/>Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage:<BR/>Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;...<BR/>Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide;<BR/>Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit<BR/>To his full height!....<BR/><BR/>The parenthetical readings readings suggest that Shakespeare liked his downhill runs. But of course, I'm just a history major.<BR/><BR/>KenspeckleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980287283876875680.post-55965761921016903652009-02-03T21:52:00.000-06:002009-02-03T21:52:00.000-06:00I was a wimp on that downhill final at Cascade. D...I was a wimp on that downhill final at Cascade. <BR/><BR/>Discretion was the fear instilled before winter started, when two friends broke bones doing simple things. One fell the first night curling at Two Harbors, where she and her husband have been in a mixed league for several years. She's out for the season. The other stepped wrong on a patch of ice on her way out the backdoor.<BR/><BR/>I stopped curling in Two Harbors two years ago, not because I fell on my head twice. I did not enjoy the nighttime winter drive down Highway 61, 40 miles each way dodging deer, and it always snowed at Encampment River.Dave Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145397365650729455noreply@blogger.com