To mark the end of my first five year plan and the beginning of the second, I have created a new website for my pictures and for my blog. Please visit it at:
larry-crook.squarespace.com
Monday, July 27, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Iceland
Tomorrow I fly to Iceland where I will celebrate my 70th birthday! When I return I will post some of my impressions and pictures.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
First Five
Five years ago I started a blog that was supposed to document my plan to live the next five years as if they were my last. Well, I made it through those five years, but certainly not unscathed.
I lived in Scotland for a year, and in Bhutan for a month. I made several trips to Thailand and Burma, and helped to grow our NGO - TBBHI - and for that work I was given a state and a national award by the American College of Physicians. I also made two shorter trips to Hong Kong.
I moved from Scotland to Albuquerque and then to Seattle and bought a slightly used new Nissan Sentra, and a new Nikon DSLR camera. For fundraising I had two photography shows in Gallup, one of pictures from India and one from Bhutan.
While in Scotland I wrote a first draft of a memoir of the year I spent in Greenland. I’ve created a calendar each year of black and white photos I’ve taken, also several small books from various trips I’ve taken.
I read somewhere that many of the most important events in a man’s life happen when he is not there. I believe that is true.
My grandson Oran was born while I was away. My son Derek died, as did Brad, my father in law, and Blanche, my stepmother. Life changing events all, and I was powerless or absent for all.
Next post: The next five years!
I lived in Scotland for a year, and in Bhutan for a month. I made several trips to Thailand and Burma, and helped to grow our NGO - TBBHI - and for that work I was given a state and a national award by the American College of Physicians. I also made two shorter trips to Hong Kong.
I moved from Scotland to Albuquerque and then to Seattle and bought a slightly used new Nissan Sentra, and a new Nikon DSLR camera. For fundraising I had two photography shows in Gallup, one of pictures from India and one from Bhutan.
While in Scotland I wrote a first draft of a memoir of the year I spent in Greenland. I’ve created a calendar each year of black and white photos I’ve taken, also several small books from various trips I’ve taken.
I read somewhere that many of the most important events in a man’s life happen when he is not there. I believe that is true.
My grandson Oran was born while I was away. My son Derek died, as did Brad, my father in law, and Blanche, my stepmother. Life changing events all, and I was powerless or absent for all.
Next post: The next five years!
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