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Weekly Blog Sept. 27th

For many years I was an avid Nordic skier.  I learned in Maine and honed my skills in Switzerland.  For fifteen years I owned a ski house in Utah. I've  skied all over Europe, Canada (East and West), Chile, and both New England and the Western U.S. (Mostly Utah, but also Colorado, California and New Mexico).  In 2007 in the face of a major career crisis, I gave up skiing.  It was easy to do since my wife Kim is not a skier.

I am occasionally asked if I miss skiing, and I must say that I don't. When I hear of a motorcycle buddy who gives up riding, I am shocked and saddened.  How could they give up a passion?  It as all caused me to ponder how we carry forward or give up our passions.

What I care about at my core are my family, my Alma Mater (Cornell), global development, storytelling, motorcycles, my community and fairness and justice for all people.  The older I get the more refined this list becomes.  I saw Millie stay passionate about those things age cared about most.

It doesn't matter what you are passionate about, but I do believe that pursuing your passions with ...............passion, is important.  As we all move toward retirement, a subject woven into most of my writing, I think it's important to think about this wonderful stage of life as being perhaps less structured, but hopefully no less passionate, productive and meaningful.  Start by learning what you are most passionate about.  Then find a way that suits you to pursue them and have at it.

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Join me at Barnes & Noble (Staten Island, NY) for a #booksigning of Mater Gladiatrix, by Richard Marin

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RSVP for free tickets  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/join-us-for-a-reading-and-book-signing-of-mater-gladiatrix-with-richard-a-marin-tickets-38022027909?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing

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Meet and join @matergladiatrix author @richardamarin at @barnesandnoble for a book signing.