Travis Leach

Senior Environmental Specialist at @Holland_Knight (@HK_PPR). @ColgateUniv alum. Golf nut. @Gate_Athletics supporter.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Stateside, a gas station. I drank a frozen blue beverage too quickly, and was struck down by a punishment this entire nation knows, and accepts, and has named.

The drink is called a slush. Ice, sweetness, and a blue that does not occur in nature. The day was hot. I was thirsty. I drank like a soldier at a river.

The pain arrived in my skull like a war horn.

Behind the eyes. Above everything. Total. I gripped the roof of my car. I may have made a sound.

"Brain freeze," said the cashier through the door, with no urgency whatsoever.

It has a NAME. The affliction is so common it has a household name, like a cousin.

"Tongue on the roof of your mouth," called a man at the pumps. He did not look over. He prescribed the remedy mid-pump, casually, the way one mentions weather.

I pressed my tongue to the roof of my mouth. The war horn faded. The healer nodded at his pump, finished, and was gone in a Chevrolet.

In my land, punishment follows crime by way of courts and seasons. Here, the sentence is instant. Drink with greed, and the ice strikes the mind directly. No trial. No appeal. Perfectly fair.

And here is what moves me. EVERYONE has felt it. The cashier. The healer. Children. Elders. An entire nation united by the same small lightning, all taught the same cure, all passing it on to strangers at gas stations, free of charge.

You cannot fully distrust a country once you know it shares one pain.

The freeze does not punish thirst. It punishes haste.

I finished the slush slowly, like a scholar. Blue tongue. Clear mind.

Then at the door I forgot everything, drank deeply, and was struck down again.

"Tongue, hon," said the cashier, without looking up.

Discipline is a journey.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

#USMNT had 71% possession in the first half, its most in the first half of a World Cup game in the modern era.

[Holland & Knight @Holland_Knight]

#Environmental attorney Jeff Porter authored a blog post for the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) on the #EPA and Army Corps of Engineers' proposed rule amending the definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS). He summarizes the back and forth on whether the definition includes #groundwater and how that question has played out in court, calling on the EPA to clarify whether it intends Clean Water Act protections to cover discharges to groundwater to help inform future #litigation. https://t.co/mgrAV8BLAo #waterlaw

[Holland & Knight @Holland_Knight]

President #DonaldTrump issued an executive order to counter state laws he claims hinder American #energy production by focusing on rules related to #climatechange and energy use. This move could challenge state-led initiatives such as cap-and-trade programs, impacting climate policies nationwide. Read more in our recent #environment alert: https://t.co/oZkl9ZRv7t

[Holland & Knight @Holland_Knight]

#Environmental and regulatory attorney Zach Pilchen was quoted in a @BLaw article discussing the legal intricacies of President #DonaldTrump’s order delaying #EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. He explained how this rarely discussed part of the #CleanAirAct departs from the norm by creating a role for the President in air toxics regulation. https://t.co/XuiBrZYZFy

[Travis Leach @tileach]

@NoLayingUp 💥

[𝓚𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓔𝓬𝓴 🎧🎶 @KristenEckRadio]

Smoke from these brush fires in Middleton stretches all the way down into Needham... #BostonWeather #BostonNews

[Colgate Alumni @ColgateAlumni]

#2 in New York State, #1 in our hearts ❤️

[Travis Leach @tileach]

@MBTA_CR 👎

[Gabby Herzig @GabbyHerzig]

Drove up to Colgate to watch my little bro in his senior year home college golf tournament. Today the entire men’s lacrosse team showed up too 😂😂😂

[Colgate University @colgateuniv]

In case you need some help with today's @nytimes crossword.

[Colgate Football @ColgateFB]

. @ColeKozlowski2 and @mmarco_4 asked people on campus to help us with our 2024 schedule release…

#GoGate | #ThreeForTheGate

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

ANOTHER PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR COLGATE 🔥

The Raiders are dancing for the 4th straight season 🪩

#MarchMadness

[Travis Leach @tileach]

@MrVoT1313 @MBTA_CR @KeolisBoston @LifeontheMBTA How about a 20 minute delay instead?

[Travis Leach @tileach]

This is fine. Needham train 621. 🪩

@MBTA_CR @KeolisBoston @LifeontheMBTA

[Travis Leach @tileach]

@NationGolfing @BandonDunesGolf

[Travis Leach @tileach]

Bandon Dunes 9/29/2023
#BandonGuestPic

[Travis Leach @tileach]

Bandon Dunes 9/29/2023
#BandonGuestPic

[Travis Leach @tileach]

Bandon Dunes 9/29/2023
#BandonGuestPic

[Colgate Men's Hockey @ColgateMIH]

The new leader of Colgate men's hockey 🤝

#GoGate