Embracing Creativity in an entirely different way If you are skeptical and never expected to be inspired by art in its natural form, this...

A hike up a hill with a ghostwriter It's strange. So strange. It's very strange to me. As I look out my window I'm drawn to the mist...

"Thereby, it seemed, all was to be achieved if somewhere I had a hideaway and a refuge, if I knew of a retreat safe and quiet, with a...

It's in their emotional honesty, the way dogs study us - our fears, our courage, our love - that makes them our best friends and among...

Brig. Gen. "Bud" Anderson signing his name on a P51 Mustang at Truckee Tahoe Airport The evolution of a vanishing art: Handwriting Email...

"There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star." ~ Henry David Thoreau It wouldn’t make much of a difference if the road were...

And the meaning of life Here is a poem, my view of the world, As I saw it one day under the Juniper Tree. Without warning or notice of...

William James wrote that in childhood, experiences are novel and distinct but in adulthood "each passing year converts some of this experience into automatic routine which we hardly note at all, the days and weeks smooth themselves out in recollection, and the years grow hollow and collapse." Seems a bit morbid... So let me take another approach. This is a story about noticing something new in the mundane. Finding novelty not by doing outrageous things, but by leaping more co

Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance 2023 The 49th annual Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance / Mahogany Madness at its Best. This year showcasing...

Where to turn when all is lost "Your life is your life. Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways...

There's something waiting for you... so turn the page. Jump in a Lake. Climb a tree. Sit by a waterfall. Hike a hill. Fly. Schools,...

For aviation lovers and the curious alike "Flying says to us: Don’t tell me who you are by letters after your name, a list of...

There was no denying that the daylight was rising with the irresistible force of the solar system behind it. In these moments you feel...

"The miracle is that the honey is always there, right under your nose, only you were too busy searching elsewhere to realize it. The...

“Wherever you are, be there! Be there to absorb it. Take a picture if you can. Take pictures in your mind. Let your soul and heart take...

"Exuberance is Beauty." ~ William Blake Lake Tahoe makes you come alive. It's a gift to the spirit, a seduction of the senses, a place...

"Here is magic." Have you ever been told to take a hike? Well, I've got the perfect place for you: Shirley Canyon in Olympic Valley. What...

Surviving in the harshest conditions, Sierra Junipers withstand gale force winds that "iceblast" their bark. They grow out of rocks with...

The speech these graduating high schoolers deserved Recently, my wife and I sat through a high school graduation ceremony and we were...

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...