Michael Kennedy
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, 20221 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, 20222 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, 20222 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, 20222 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, 20222 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, 20223 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, 20225 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, 20223 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, 20224 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, 20222 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, 20222 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, 20223 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, 20224 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, 20224 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, 20221 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, 20211 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, 20211 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, 20211 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, 20211 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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