Dean Dreaming

Candid Conversations with an Extroverted Introvert

Skiing: A Microcosm of Life.

Like many adventurous sports out there, skiing is simply a microcosm of life itself.
It gives us a chance to face down some of our worst fears. Fear of falling down and fear of failure are two at the top of this list.
It allows us to constantly decide if want to always play it safe or [...]

Whitetail Ski Day Trip

Recapping the Whitetail trip;
I absolutely love the first pic below of Lin falling. Not so much that she’s falling but that she’s enjoying herself as clearly shown with her laughing. While there is a way to go on her technique, that is only expected as it’s only one day of skiing. I was more proud [...]

A Poem for 2008 Season

This is something that I wrote on the spur of the moment for a Meetup group that I help run. I thought it was kinda cute and I got alot of positive feedback from people privately.
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Here I am, writing a poem for this quaint little group.
Read my words carefully, because they are words that I [...]

NYE Snowshoe Trip

This was my first time ever skiing and I absolutely loved it. Below is the entire NYE Snowshoe Collection sans some not so PG-13 rated photos that I took out. Lots of fun had by all. Funny that we took more cabin pictures than skiing pictures. Despite all the hijinx occuring in the cabins, I [...]