"More On Storms....."

Storms.......

G. Gissing said: "For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; any sky has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously."

Even while almost recovered from a winter storm and an injury, I do so love musing on elemental storms... Musings like this are what contribute to whatever soundness of mind and body that we may have...

I remember... Rough seas, big waves, crashing water upon rock... Mountains after a day of rafting, in a small tent, listening to the thunder that sounded so close... The wind on a summit day that had a life of its own... An approaching storm at 10,000 feet near the continental divide... Windstorms through forests...

Then too there have been... 'Storms' of uncompleted objectives; around the intensity of relationships with adventuring partners... Storms can seem to be metaphors for the emotions and energy we experience within our adventures...

Storms arrive in many forms... Sometimes we see them approaching; other times they can be upon us so quickly... Kind of like the nature of many adventures themselves...

Do you see those clouds? Can you hear the thunder? The wind?

DSD