Author Archives: Gort

About Gort

Retired space traveler and part time author.

Christmas 2023

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Gort

It has been said that there are two things that are improved by shortening: sermons and biscuits. I believe we can add Christmas Letters to the list. If you’re short on time, this is the version with “shortening” applied. I … Continue reading →

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2023 Sports For Health – Reboot !!!

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Gort

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Regional Ski For Light and Sports For Health (or NEPA SFL-SFH for short) held our summer program for 2023 at Sky Lake Camp & Retreat Center in Windsor, New York. For the six days of 21 through … Continue reading →

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2023 Ski For Light Regional

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Gort

After two years of COVID related life disruptions, vaccinations, and cancelations, we held a winter program! A very quick summary is that the event was a success!  While that assessment takes some liberty with the fact that the event was … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2022

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Gort

We spent the year trying to balance normal life with Covid precautions. While we’ve returned to our three-days-a-week gym visits and become active in a new home Bible study group (like back in the days of Rota, Spain), we are … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2021

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Gort

Merry Christmas(k) !!! We thought we were going to return to something like life back in the good ol’ days of 2019. We thought modern science was going to “save the world” with vaccines and wonder drugs. We thought wrong. … Continue reading →

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Just for fun: Davis, West Virginia.

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Gort

Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia. Marilee was born there and I got there as soon as I could. Before we met way back in 1969, she had traveled many parts of the state with her family. My step-dad and I rode … Continue reading →

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2021 Ski For Light International Event

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Gort

Our own personal planning for this event happened in the midst of the great pandemic of 2020. Nevertheless, I was certain that we’d be sending in our applications and mapping out a route for driving to this event. No need … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2020

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Gort

This year started out like any other with one exception — we were unemployed! I retired on my birthday in November 2019 and Marilee retired on 1 January 2020 (not her birthday). In January and February, we enjoyed two cross-country … Continue reading →

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Lens for Backyard Birding

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Gort

Taking pictures at the bird feeder is difficult. If you stand where you can fill the frame with the subject, birds will not visit the feeder. Therefore, a standoff distance must be maintained to accommodate the tender sensibilities of most … Continue reading →

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2020 Ski For Light International Event

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Gort

We put on our cross country ski clothes every day of the event. I wish we could say that we actually went skiing as many days as we dressed for the activity but the weather worked against us more often … Continue reading →

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