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If you combined London, New York, ancient China and Bladerunner, you would get a city almost as incredible as Hong Kong. Gleaming towers, full of shops that sparkle, red double-decker buses passing you on the main streets. Modernity like a decorative lace edge to a complex brocade of vast history. Glass towers next to decades …
This photo was taken November 2013. I spent a bit more than a week in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, learning how to surf. My goal was to stand up at least once… I stayed at the Blue Surf surfing camp. The room was comfortable, the staff were wonderful, and I had a 7 day package, …
The Teatro Greco is a Greek Amphitheater built on a hill in Taormina, Sicily Italy, not far from Catania. The portion of the ruins you see in the photo were probably built by the Romans on top of a more ancient Greek structure of the amphitheater. In the distance is Mt. Etna, which was at …
Sunsets in Indonesia are spectacular. Here is one of a sunset low tide, and a beached fishing boat. I love the reflection.
Just a quick post, as I have finally hit 50 thousand words tonight – before midnight. I am not sure when I will post this – I have got to edit it before I do – not much else is edited on my National Novel Writing effort. My writing projects are not yet done. I …
I’ve been extremely quiet online recently. I’m sure you all noticed. I haven’t been idle though! I’ve been participating in NaNoWriMo 2014. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and the goal is to write fifty thousand words in thirty days, during the month of November. No, I am not crazy, and I am …
The sense of relief is almost a “high” when you get to the point you get rid of things that aren’t useful, aren’t beautiful, don’t uplift you, or can’t be repaired. Even the things that you have duplicates of, and don’t have a place to be put away – really, if you can’t find it when you need it – how useful is it?
List #1 of 10 Awesome Actions! You need to start somewhere! Here are some simple actions to start finding Awesome. Pick one a day and just do it! I highly recommend doing 1 & 2 every single day. 1. Repeat to yourself: “I am Awesome!” Feels lame and false at first, but keep doing it …
Just went through the change on my shelf: Colones, Pesos, Czeck Crowns, British Pound, and Euros. It’s nice to arrive in a new country with some of the local currency. I’m still looking for the Thai Baht and the Japanese Yen. I’ll need those too.
