Category Archives: Different Modes of Exploration

Intoxication: Music’s Journey

Posted on March 25, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration #6: Music Over the last few weeks, I’ve compiled all my iTunes music into one library, resulting in about 15,000 songs and somewhere near 50 days worth of music.  Combined with 200 or so CDs lying … Continue reading →

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Fruition: A Food Journey in Seven Lessons

Posted on February 19, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration – Experience # 5 I don’t mean to get all acid trip esoteric on you, but travel is not just about putting one foot in front of the other, or hopping a Greyhound bus on the … Continue reading →

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Turning Zen . . . On Skis

Posted on January 24, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration – Experience # 4 A quick note to regular readers . . . I’m going to do my absolute best to stick to my once per week posting on Sunday morning.  This past week is a … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Place (called Idyllwild)

Posted on January 15, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration – Experience # 3 I love to write rambling passages about being in motion: the things that pass through Italian train windows  like moving photo albums, the bumpy raucous nature of all-night bus rides through Vietnam, … Continue reading →

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Different Modes of Exploration: Experience 2 – The Climber’s Edge

Posted on January 12, 2012 by mlgray

My brother spends hours alone on the rock, climbing massive, grand stretches of granite and sandstone, belaying himself, cleaning his own gear, climbing back up.  The last time he returned from a 1200 foot solo climb in Zion, there was … Continue reading →

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Different Modes of Exploration: Experience 1 – A Lion’s Trail

Posted on January 7, 2012 by mlgray

While spending a raucous two weeks in the California sunshine with family and friends for the holidays, I fell into a lovely rhythm of getting outdoors far more regularly than I’m able to during a typical Denver work week.  The … Continue reading →

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