Michael Kennedy
Interlude
Finding the beauty & grace within The day ended and a mysterious spell Upon the silent onlookers fell. A display of nature at its best...
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Michael Kennedy
- Sep 5
- 6 min
“At 6,227’ the loudest noise at this Chapel comes from the creek”
What makes Olympic Valley Chapel a Tahoe Treasure? "It's not its unusual design or location, although both are stunning. It's the test of...
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Michael Kennedy
- Aug 19
- 1 min
Take Me There
Experiencing something magnificent, like the colorful calm of a sunrise over Lake Tahoe, or the mountains of Olympic Valley, or the...
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Michael Kennedy
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Mahogany Madness
48th Annual Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance, 2022 Competition of Elegance, better known as Concours d’Elegance, is a Lake Tahoe annual...
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Michael Kennedy
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Thinking The Unthinkable
A quick study in unconventional wisdom Artist: David Bryant “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas, as in escaping from...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jul 31
- 2 min
The Power of Youthful Thinking
There’s nothing like cracking open a huge compendium of Maurice Sendak words and illustrations before the crack of dawn. Coffee’s hot,...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jul 12
- 2 min
The Muse Within
There's an imaginary being or force living within you, challenging you to keep working, inspiring you with ideas, pushing you to be the...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jul 10
- 2 min
Pulling Out of Life's Tailspins
Scared is good. It means you're alive. But it can also keep you from making a life or death decision - or a creative breakthrough. When I...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jun 12
- 3 min
The Dark Side of Paradise
Base-to-Base Gondola at Palisades Tahoe The $65 million base-to-base gondola connecting two Lake Tahoe, CA ski resorts, Palisades Tahoe...
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Michael Kennedy
- May 28
- 5 min
What You Didn’t Know About Nature on Learning
“Whether people get their dose of the outdoors on a trek through the wilderness or a jog through the city park, research suggests we...
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Michael Kennedy
- May 16
- 3 min
The Ship of Theseus
Plutarch, from the late first century, used a thought experiment to illustrate how the human mind works. The Ship of Theseus was built to...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 30
- 4 min
Three Life Lessons of a Visual Storyteller
I wasn't a good student, average at best. But if I liked my teachers I tended to do better in their classes. Of all the classes I took,...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 10
- 2 min
An Ode to Olympic Valley
Entering Olympic Valley, CA is experiencing a living museum, filled with history, memories, and natural wonders. Even the sky...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Big Sur: Intense Tranquility
"Surely no more beautiful and spiritually uplifting coastline exists on this earth." ~ Ansel Adams "The place itself is so overwhelmingly...
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Michael Kennedy
- Mar 10
- 3 min
So, You Wanna Be A Writer?
You’ve heard the story. It’s about a man who prays to God, night after night, week after week, to win the lottery. God finally responds,...
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Michael Kennedy
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Why English Departments Rarely Produce Good Writers
And what educators can do about it English departments rarely produce good writers because they often force the mechanics of "good taste"...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Wisdom of the Wordsmith
The wordsmith makes words come alive. Whether it's stirring tall grass along an ocean's edge, rousing a lake to fury or creating a state...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jan 6
- 1 min
Beauty Makes Life Meaningful: A Visual Storyteller’s Manifesto
Here's a thought experiment: Imagine you are sitting on a boulder overlooking your favorite Lake, under a spectacular sunset, the wind...
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 31
- 1 min
Meet Zephyr, Our New Adopted Wolf
and how you can adopt one too Nicola and I met online through a Facebook post of a Black Wolf photo taken June 2019 in Squaw Valley, CA....
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 26, 2021
- 1 min
Blue Wolf Gallery on Sierra Sun Cover
Christmas Eve "Shiny" Edition ... and story with more photos to boot!
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
The Divine Mystery of Cats & Dogs
Klondike You can't help but feel Klondike (pictured above) studying you, your fears, your honesty, your courage, your love. See for...
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 18, 2021
- 1 min
A Tribute to Olympic Valley & The Wild Delight of Nature
"The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy...
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
If This Isn't Nice, What Is?
My wife and I recently took a long hike up to High Camp above Olympic Valley, CA. Along the way, as we paused to take in the creeks,...
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Michael Kennedy
- Nov 27, 2021
- 1 min
The Village Vibe
During the past couple years I've been walking through our village and for the most part, it's been all mine. Quiet. Peaceful. But...
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