Kemper's Korner

From the time men are born into the world they are in a continuous phase of evolution and are not the same today as they were yesterday nor the same as they will be tomorrow.  The world presents everyone with experience and observations.  These all become part of a giant recipe that yields who a person is, what they believe, the actions they take, aspirations they have, and the essence of who they are in the world.   The revenger did not begin his earthly journey full of bitterness and an obsession with bringing pain and suffering to someone who wronged him.  Even the noblest of heart or high stationed and responsible individuals can be so pained by experience or the mal-intentions of others that their whole purposes in life can be altered and essentially change who they are.  Once tasting of such bitterness in the world it can be hard for an individual to believe or care that good truly does continue to exist and can have any meaningful effect in the world....

Here's my top list of why hanging out with my boys (and these are my real sons, not my homies) is so great: 1. They're fairly quiet on the drive up to the ski hill. 2. They still think I can snowboard well and I can still keep up with them.  3. Their excitement is infectious and refreshing.  4. They don't complain about anything (most of the time).  5. They love to find powder stashes and boarding in the trees.  I mean, together we formed the K-Pow Mafia, our K[emper] Pow[der] hunting snowboard crew.   #snowboard #suunto Last season I introduced my sons to snowboarding through an instructional program at the local mountain.  Many moons ago I taught a friend or two how to snowboard but we all know how it goes sometimes when parents work to teach their kids.  The level of instruction they received seemed impresseive to me as well as how fast they became capable of riding all over the mountain on their own.  Their confidence grew along side my e...