I think I may enjoy keeping this blog space for personal reasons....it might be nice to have a place that is more or less my own and wholly apart from the Foundation's website.
Thoughts?
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
New Beginnings
Wow. Life has certainly been one heck of a ride lately:
1. I left my previous position as a staff accountant with a Big 4 firm in Seattle
2. I was in a nasty car crash that I somehow miraculously walked away from unscathed
3. I am in the process of starting a nonprofit foundation
4. I am currently working on getting a new job with a bank in the Yakima area
Stay tuned for thoughts on all of the above, and as usual, many more topics of interest to me.
Cheers,
Borealis
1. I left my previous position as a staff accountant with a Big 4 firm in Seattle
2. I was in a nasty car crash that I somehow miraculously walked away from unscathed
3. I am in the process of starting a nonprofit foundation
4. I am currently working on getting a new job with a bank in the Yakima area
Stay tuned for thoughts on all of the above, and as usual, many more topics of interest to me.
Cheers,
Borealis
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Re-post from Kelli
A friend of mine from a previous job posted this on her Facebook profile, and I find it so compelling I would like to re-post it here:
I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
To live so that which
came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which
came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
-Dawna Markora
I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
To live so that which
came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which
came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
-Dawna Markora
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Borealis Moves to the 509
I have decided to take a position with a bank in Eastern WA. Stay tuned for details...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Return to Panama
Well, finally after two long years I am heading back to Panama, to visit my Peace Corps community in Bocas del Toro and spend a little much needed time on the beach with a glass of delicious Balboa on the rocks.
My replacement volunteer and friend, Ben, has agreed to let me crash at his place for the time I will be in Tiger Hill. Aside from that, I am bringing several books, colored pencils, games, etc. for the school and the children of the community.
If you are interested in donating to me to offset these costs, please consider doing so via PayPal.com and use my email address.
Kind Regards,
Borealis
My replacement volunteer and friend, Ben, has agreed to let me crash at his place for the time I will be in Tiger Hill. Aside from that, I am bringing several books, colored pencils, games, etc. for the school and the children of the community.
If you are interested in donating to me to offset these costs, please consider doing so via PayPal.com and use my email address.
Kind Regards,
Borealis
Friday, January 22, 2010
A Bucket List for Borealis
It seems I hear everyone talking about creating a "bucket list" these days. Although I doubt I will be completing mine with Morgan Freeman in tow, I have put a few ideas together that sound good to me. Please feel free to use the comment section below this post to add your own thoughts.
This list is in no particular order...some items have time limits/constraints but most I feel could be done at various points in my life.
1. Raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon: I had a chance to do this with a friend last year, and I missed the boat. I hope if chance smiles on me again I will be ready to do this epic adventure.
2. Summit Mount Rainier: I have lived in the greater Seattle area all my life, and I gaze upon this mountain with routine frequency...yet I never tire of its seemingly endless beauty regardless of the season.
3. Learn how to play the violin: I have loved the sound of this instrument for as long as I can remember. I have had the chance to pick one up a few times and play a few notes, but I would like to really learn how to play it, and have it with me as something to pour creative energy into from time to time.
4. Write a book: Okay, hopefully not an autobiography (who the hell wants to read about my life, anyway?)...maybe a book on travel, history, or a current event would be more in line with my interests. First I'll need a MacBook Pro and a bottomless Starbucks card so I can "write" in the local coffee shop so everyone else sees me doing it...because I hear you can get mad chicks that way.
5. Visit Antarctica: Okay....I know my brother Evan has a thing for penguins, but secretly I can't resist them either. I'd love to take a boat from Patagonia down to this magical frozen kingdom at the bottom of the world.
6. Travel into Space: All joking aside, I have always wanted to do this. I can't imagine what weightlessness would be like, and the stars sure must be bright and beautiful without any light pollution or atmosphere to cloud their radiant luster. I hear this might soon be possible with none other than Virgin Galactic, although at $200,000 USD I might have to wait a bit for economies of scale to make this dream a reality.
7. Become a father: I have gone back and forth in my life many times about whether or not I would ever want to have a child with a woman and raise him or her in this world..I think it remains to be seen yet whether this will come to pass....however, I think it is fitting that such a high honor be on this list of lists. The world may not need another person in it, but I can think of no greater consummation of the love and bond between two people than having a child and raising a child together.
8. Create a philanthropic foundation: I have thought long and hard about the creation of a personal foundation that could provide the means for various charitable and educational pursuits by assisting either other organizations or individuals directly. The North Star Foundation would be a means to these ends.
9. Be my own boss: I have often thought of pursuing an entrepreneurial idea or forming my own accounting/advisory business. Though the challenges of such a venture would no doubt be great, I am sure the rewards would also be so.
This list is in no particular order...some items have time limits/constraints but most I feel could be done at various points in my life.
1. Raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon: I had a chance to do this with a friend last year, and I missed the boat. I hope if chance smiles on me again I will be ready to do this epic adventure.
2. Summit Mount Rainier: I have lived in the greater Seattle area all my life, and I gaze upon this mountain with routine frequency...yet I never tire of its seemingly endless beauty regardless of the season.
3. Learn how to play the violin: I have loved the sound of this instrument for as long as I can remember. I have had the chance to pick one up a few times and play a few notes, but I would like to really learn how to play it, and have it with me as something to pour creative energy into from time to time.
4. Write a book: Okay, hopefully not an autobiography (who the hell wants to read about my life, anyway?)...maybe a book on travel, history, or a current event would be more in line with my interests. First I'll need a MacBook Pro and a bottomless Starbucks card so I can "write" in the local coffee shop so everyone else sees me doing it...because I hear you can get mad chicks that way.
5. Visit Antarctica: Okay....I know my brother Evan has a thing for penguins, but secretly I can't resist them either. I'd love to take a boat from Patagonia down to this magical frozen kingdom at the bottom of the world.
6. Travel into Space: All joking aside, I have always wanted to do this. I can't imagine what weightlessness would be like, and the stars sure must be bright and beautiful without any light pollution or atmosphere to cloud their radiant luster. I hear this might soon be possible with none other than Virgin Galactic, although at $200,000 USD I might have to wait a bit for economies of scale to make this dream a reality.
7. Become a father: I have gone back and forth in my life many times about whether or not I would ever want to have a child with a woman and raise him or her in this world..I think it remains to be seen yet whether this will come to pass....however, I think it is fitting that such a high honor be on this list of lists. The world may not need another person in it, but I can think of no greater consummation of the love and bond between two people than having a child and raising a child together.
8. Create a philanthropic foundation: I have thought long and hard about the creation of a personal foundation that could provide the means for various charitable and educational pursuits by assisting either other organizations or individuals directly. The North Star Foundation would be a means to these ends.
9. Be my own boss: I have often thought of pursuing an entrepreneurial idea or forming my own accounting/advisory business. Though the challenges of such a venture would no doubt be great, I am sure the rewards would also be so.
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