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Aug. 4th, 2008 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerI've been out of the loop lately in more ways than biking. I feel as if I've somehow just missed a couple of months of some of the things I normally do, as if my days somehow got shorter. I've completely fouled up a couple of gaming commitments, I've not yet mailed some things I need to mail, I've allowed my 'sort these papers out' pile to become immense, I've not been keeping up my journal, and I've been missing out on communications with others. I'm going to try to fix that all, though it will take a while.
First of all,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gr_c17 mentioned that he had heard from Da Grrlz recently, and it prompted me to check (as I had been meaning to do) and see if they had posted anything from Slovenia or Ireland yet. They're having difficulty getting good Internet access in rural Ireland (somehow not surprising :-), but they had loaded a lot of information about their travels in the former Yugoslavia that are really worth reading about and a lot of beautiful pictures that you shouldn't miss.
Most of all, the account of their hang-gliding exploits had me both scared and envious--I don't think I would ever be brave enough to try it, but it sounds wonderful, and the shots that the intrepid and ever-photographing Melissa took are amazing! If they were 'just' photos taken by a pro from a plane they would be beautiful. That one of my friends took them while hanging under a giant sail makes them (to me) astounding and truly awe-inspiring. Check them out by going here and clicking on 'paragliding'. And don't forget to read Chris's evocative description, The Day We Got To Be Birds. What wonderful, adventurous friends I have! :-)
First of all,
gr_c17 mentioned that he had heard from Da Grrlz recently, and it prompted me to check (as I had been meaning to do) and see if they had posted anything from Slovenia or Ireland yet. They're having difficulty getting good Internet access in rural Ireland (somehow not surprising :-), but they had loaded a lot of information about their travels in the former Yugoslavia that are really worth reading about and a lot of beautiful pictures that you shouldn't miss. Most of all, the account of their hang-gliding exploits had me both scared and envious--I don't think I would ever be brave enough to try it, but it sounds wonderful, and the shots that the intrepid and ever-photographing Melissa took are amazing! If they were 'just' photos taken by a pro from a plane they would be beautiful. That one of my friends took them while hanging under a giant sail makes them (to me) astounding and truly awe-inspiring. Check them out by going here and clicking on 'paragliding'. And don't forget to read Chris's evocative description, The Day We Got To Be Birds. What wonderful, adventurous friends I have! :-)
