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Breckenridge

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About Me

The most humbled and beautiful I have ever felt was in Humboldt County's Avenue of the Giants.
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My Interests

Backpacking, federally designated Wilderness Areas
Bicycles! - Especially Cyclocross or Road.
Bouldering
Gardening
Music

I'd like to meet:

Eliot Spitzer, Rithma, Madeleine Peyroux, Sven Nys, Thierry Henry, Steven Gaskin

Music:

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Porter McClister
Johnny Grubb
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
Madeleine Peyroux
Acoustic Syndicate
Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops
House
Downtempo
Bluegrass
Jazz
Classical
to be truthful... almost everything!

Movies:

Waking Life - Pi - L'Auberge Espagnole - Goodbye Lenin

Television:

Football! (aka soccer)

Books:

Currently:
American Law in a Global Context
Cinq Semaines en Ballon (Jules Verne)

My Blog

the Government

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service has finally granted Bea a work permit!  It is long overdue, and I can't say how happy I am that she will be able to start her new job at Expe...
Posted by Breckenridge on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:26:00 PST

good news...

Well, its finally official... My sweet one has bought a ticket and will be coming to the ol' US of A on July 1st.   Needless to say, I'm quite excited...   I can't wait for her to ...
Posted by Breckenridge on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:09:00 PST

My absolute favorite poem

Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie (R. Zimmerman)   When yer head gets twisted and yer mind grows numbWhen you think you're too old, too young, too smart or too dumbWhen yer laggin' behind an' losin'...
Posted by Breckenridge on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:53:00 PST

Stuff

Well, here it is, the end of January.  For those who don't know, Bea was able to visit, we had a wonderful three weeks, and she was able to experience a bit of Seattle and the surrounding areas.&...
Posted by Breckenridge on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:59:00 PST

Prayers

If all goes well, I'll see my wife for the first time since August 23rd on Sunday afternoon.  Knowing that it will still be several months before she has her green card, we've decided to try for ...
Posted by Breckenridge on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:26:00 PST

Snowshoeing

I went snowshoeing with my boss and her husband Saturday.  It was, to say the least, an experience! We met up in the a.m. and drove up to the Mt. Baker Snoqualamie Ntl. Forest, outside of Granite...
Posted by Breckenridge on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:49:00 PST

Transcontinental

Well, I made it across the country successfully.  It was an incredible experience, involving sleeping in a farmer's field somewhere in southern Illinois after never finding the Shawnee National F...
Posted by Breckenridge on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:18:00 PST

the trip...

Well Damn, Im getting excited.   Only just over a week left of work, as my last day here is the 31st of July.  Then, I get three weeks to chill in London, ship my stuff to Seattle, and ...
Posted by Breckenridge on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:16:00 PST

R.I.P.

Desmond Dekker... "Get up in the morning slaving for bread sirSo that every mouth can be fedOooh, oooh mi israelites.Mi wife an ma kids them a pack up an a leave meDarling she said I was yours to be s...
Posted by Breckenridge on Fri, 26 May 2006 07:59:00 PST

Bikes!

So, now that the weather is finally getting nice here, I went a bit nuts a bought a bike for Bea last night.  A city bike, with a basket and a five speed rear, with generator lights.  I look...
Posted by Breckenridge on Thu, 04 May 2006 09:09:00 PST