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Well, things are starting to heat up around here, and I’d better toughen up for it. Feelings of excitement are suppressed, and a hint of anxiety thrown in instead. On Tuesday I have an important interview in Friday Harbor, and the Hick Skipper III is out of service for a few weeks. So, I quickly booked a series of shuttle vans and ferry rides which will comprise a grueling travel itinerary beginning 3:15 am on Tuesday morning, likely lasting for a few weeks. From the interview I will race back to Seatac, where I will board a plane for Atlanta with a twelve hour layover there. Then on to Madrid, and the train ride to the coast at Oporto. But when I begin to worry about obstructions, or bad treatment, or delays, I just think of Jack London, who rode these difficult paths to his destinations and never gave up, even under freezing or harsh conditions. He raced to the front of frozen war, slipping past several barriers by sailing his own way over to the island. Crazy, that one! Apprehension is nearly always unfounded; I cannot prevent unseen forces from working ways against me. It’s best to just get those ideas out of my head, and realize a higher power above and a strong, steady resolve to go to task. I’ll need to cultivate that calm, and the strength to go beyond the limits of the usual comfort level. These upcoming travels are my event in the Games of Lugh, and I will simply do my best in his honor. The destinations are: Friday Harbor for the interview, Oporto for the wedding, Basel to visit NR, to the desert for Burning Man - then hopefully back to Friday Harbor to begin work. Really, these are all wonderful events in hospitable places. True, travel will be tough, exhausting and I’ll need to have my guard up for my own security. But I can do it, and when challenged I will simply consult the power of Lugh and my own inner strength and calm. These are the tools that will allow me to give my best this month and into the future.