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About Michael Kane

Michael Kane is a writer, photographer, educator, speaker, adventurer and a general sampler of life. His books on hiking and poetry are available in soft cover and Kindle on Amazon.

A Virtual Guide to the Calaveras Redwood North Grove Hike

A Virtual Guide to the Calaveras Redwood North Grove Hike Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.       … Continue reading

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Happiness advice if you’re feeling down right now

Happiness advice if you’re feeling down right now Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes It seems this year and particularly this week a lot of people I know have been feeling … Continue reading

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Happiness is Poetry: David Lerner

Happiness is Poetry: David Lerner Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ― Leonard Cohen David Lerner is another poet I found in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry.  … Continue reading

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Staying Positive When You’re Taking Criticism

Staying Positive When You’re Taking Criticism         Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. ~ … Continue reading

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Happiness on the Road: Anza-Borrego State Park

Happiness on the Road: Anza-Borrego State Park “It’s the oasis,” said the camel driver. “Well, why don’t we go there right now?” the boy asked. “Because we have to sleep.” ~ Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist As many of you know … Continue reading

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Happiness and our precious time

Happiness and our precious time   So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore … Continue reading

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You matter! You deserve to be happy!

You matter! You deserve to be happy! Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you ~ Lao Tzu You matter!  I’m not sure … Continue reading

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My Student Loan Gratitude and Happiness

My Student Loan Gratitude and Happiness Recently there was a story on Marketplace about student loan debt.  It banged on the student loan system a bit and although I agreed with some of the points, I felt like I needed … Continue reading

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Happiness Resources

Happiness Resources Good evening friends, our weekly tour around the net to see what we can find to help us on our path, have a happy day ~ Rev Kane Nine happiness lessons we can learn from dogs. What makes … Continue reading

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Happiness at the Margin

Happiness at the Margin All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson So it’s been a crazy few weeks.  I’ve driven a couple … Continue reading

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