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Picture: Sunset over an empty stretch of Highway 50 "the loneliest Highway in America" in the high desert of Central Nevada. I've gone into a bit of a self-inflicted hermit mode while working on my current book project deadline. However, I want to let everyone know that I will be…

Picture: Footprints in the sand on beach at sunset, Golds Bluff Beach, Redwood National Park, Humboldt County, California Long time readers of this blog will know about some of my own personal incidents that happened over the last 12 months, and how I expressed their impact on my life perspective.…

Picture: A glorious sunset over the Coconino Plateau from the rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona It's not quite as big as sobriety, but it does harken to a chemical dependancy. Two years ago this week, the boat I bought showed up in my driveway. Two years ago this week…

Picture: The wrong bird for the day, but a much prettier bird... I just want to take a brief moment to wish everyone here in the U.S. a happy and wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I am thankful this year for having the love of my family, for being back at work,…

Picture: When stuff doesn't work right, this is what can happen... We all have these kinds of days. It's part of the modern world, when technology suddenly stops working the way it should, and in a blink of an eye, the easy life we had come to expect suddenly isn't…

Picture: Students volunteer to run a Beach Clean Up Day sign up table at Oceano State Beach, Oceano, San Luis Obispo County coast, California One question I'm always asked is how I save all of my photos. As I continue to work through a multitude of projects, I spent part…

Picture: Cal-Fire firefighters and forest fire. Courtesy: Michael Routh / Smoke Chaser Photography And speaking of (shameless plug) my Facebook page from my last post, I want to balance the universal karma equation by giving a very selfless, and hugely well-earned plug to Michael Routh, and his new endeavor, Smoke…

Picture: Tourists atop a cliff on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon near Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona I hope everyone here in the U.S. had a wonderful Labor Day holiday weekend. I'm now, like my kids, fully back into the grind after our summer vacation. Those…

Picture: Old wooden one-room church, Philo, Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, California Sometimes the universe wants to tell you something; sometimes it needs to smack you upside the head to get your attention. Many people that read my blog will recall my accident from last February, and how lucky I was…

Picture: Crowds gather ten people deep all along Market Street in downtown San Francisco to watch the annual Gay Pride Parade; San Francisco, California It seems odd to me that I'm posting this image today. It was only six days ago that I was celebrating a belated wedding anniversary with…

As a special preview of my upcoming newsletter, just for my blog readers. First, as of this last Memorial Day weekend, I'm hereby happy to declare myself (nearly) fully recovered from my accident last February. All the pain medicines have now been weaned out of my system, and I finally…