Michael Kennedy
Dare to be Great
The speech these graduating high schoolers deserved Recently, my wife and I sat through a high school graduation ceremony and we were...
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Michael Kennedy
- May 15
- 2 min
Surprised by Beauty
Have you ever had a moment when something you read, heard, or saw was presented in such a way you were startled by its insight and...
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Michael Kennedy
- May 11
- 3 min
Flight: The Highest Revelation
How could you not be moved by something that looks like it's moving 600 mph just sitting there? I've always had a fascination for planes...
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Michael Kennedy
- May 6
- 1 min
How 'bout a Lift?
The Beauty Surrounding Olympic Valley's Chairlifts Suspended from endless cables above the trees. Moving through the evening skies....
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Michael Kennedy
- May 3
- 2 min
From Cat Island to Lake Tahoe
The clocks are working, we just don't hear them ticking “The world is bursting with wonder, and yet it’s the rare productivity guru who...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 24
- 2 min
The Goodfinder
There's a lot said about artists drawing from their humiliations, misfortunes, and failures, "a treasure chest of raw material, as clay,...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Earth Day 2023: Now What?
Thinking globally, acting locally Happy Earth Day 2023 from our slice of heaven on this "pale blue dot" we all call home. "The Earth is a...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 21
- 2 min
A Boy in a Jet, a Boy on a Beach
A Tale of Onism It started as a distant rumble, fading in and out with the ocean breeze. Its rhythm interrupted only by the early morning...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Prize Your Sense of Wonder
Olympic Valley, CA “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome,...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 17
- 1 min
Show Up Like No One Else
Billy Major (GBR) during the Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup Sharing your aliveness with others is more important than “showing up.” It...
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Michael Kennedy
- Apr 7
- 8 min
The Storyteller in You
“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller…” ~ Steve Jobs As a child I witnessed first-hand some of the most eccentric and...
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Michael Kennedy
- Mar 18
- 2 min
Heartmoor:
The primal longing for a place that may no longer exist n. the primal longing for a place or home village to return to, a place that may...
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Michael Kennedy
- Mar 4
- 3 min
The Blizzard of 2023
An Olympic Valley, CA Resident's Experience Lake Tahoe received more than 12 feet of snow in the last week of February 2023. With more...
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Michael Kennedy
- Feb 23
- 3 min
San Francisco: 2 Days of Immersion
All Nicola wanted for her birthday was a sunset on the ocean. Living in Lake Tahoe, the best place I could think of, based on time and...
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Michael Kennedy
- Feb 11
- 6 min
What Makes You Come Alive?
“To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else-means to fight the hardest...
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Michael Kennedy
- Feb 4
- 3 min
Why “up there” means so much “down here.”
The ‘overview effect’ is common among astronauts, and anyone who has seen our world from outer space. Essentially, seeing the Earth from...
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Michael Kennedy
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Quiet Wisdom: An Ode to Trees
As a boy I knew there was more to trees than just limbs to be climbed and heights to be reached. There was something mysterious and...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jan 12
- 4 min
Illustrious Warrior: Living Legend, Brig. Gen. "Bud" Anderson Turns 101
WWII Triple Ace Fighter Pilot "Bud" Anderson and his P-51 Mustang, Old Crow, (courtesy photo). The room was packed with pilots and...
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Michael Kennedy
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Going Positive in 2023
Today is coming on strong. Daylight is rising with endless possibilities. Going positive means finding fascination in the familiar, magic...
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
Wonderlust: What takes your breath away?
And what can you take away and use? “Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you...
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
AI Can't Cry
I just discovered this ad from 55 years ago and it made me think. First, I love the image. It grabbed my attention. Then I read the copy....
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Michael Kennedy
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
Brigadier General "Bud" Anderson: Promoted at 100
Living Legend, American Treasure On December 2nd, 2022, Col. "Bud" Anderson, the highest scoring living US Fighter Ace, and the only...
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Michael Kennedy
- Nov 6, 2022
- 6 min
What If Trees Could Talk?
6 Pillars of Writing Mastery "Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins…" ~ Annette Simmons Celtic spirituality has a great regard for the...
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