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Happiest Places in the World

Happiest Places in the World Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. … Continue reading

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Accidental Happiness: Chinese Lantern Festival

Accidental Happiness: Chinese Lantern Festival The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls                             ~ Pablo Picasso Off on a business trip and stopped in Spokane, WA to see a friend and it turns out … Continue reading

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On the Road: Cross Country – Flowers and Mountains

On the Road: Cross Country – Flowers and Mountains I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you.   … Continue reading

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On the Road: Cross-Country – Vegas

On the Road: Cross-Country – Vegas The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view ~ Jack Kerouac Lit out from Santa Rosa pre-dawn, 28 degrees, then as I climbed up the mountains it would get … Continue reading

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On the Road: Cross-Country Days 3 and 4

On the Road: Cross-Country Days 3 and 4 Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. ~ Jack Kerouac So yesterday I made for Dallas, TX to visit with an old friend and his … Continue reading

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On the Road: Cross-country Day 1

On the Road: Cross-country Day 1 So every time I’m doing a cross-country road ship I have this whole day full of stories.  Things happen, wild traffic, on one trip I almost drove right into a tornado in Pennsylvania.   Typically … Continue reading

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Coming to the End of the Road

Coming to the End of the Road From the end spring new beginnings ~ Pliny the Elder Well I am in the middle of my ninth month on the road.  Job applications are being submitted, hopefully soon, I’ll start interviewing … Continue reading

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Happiness and Missing Some Perfect Days

Happiness and Missing Some Perfect Days I don’t like nostalgia, unless it’s mine. ~ Lou Reed Today I’m allowing myself a bit of nostalgia, I’ve been back in the default world for a little over a month now.  I’m adapting, … Continue reading

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Are you ready for your Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike

Are you ready for your Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike You need special shoes for hiking — and a bit of a special soul as well. ~ Terri Guillemets So you want to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail? First off, congratulations and good … Continue reading

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What is your Calling?

What is your Calling? Career is what you are paid for. Callings is what you are made for?                   ~ Ed Young What do you want to be when you grow up? One of the questions people are most familiar with … Continue reading

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