A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS GUIDE ON HOW TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF BEING STOMPED TO DEATH BY STAMPEDING BISON WHILE MISSING THE SHOT

My wife and I live in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.  We had not been in snow since 2008…on purpose…we do not like being cold.  We are both professional landscape and wildlife photographers.  We wanted to expand our horizons a bit and photograph Yellowstone in the winter.  The opportunity arose and off we went. I am 76 years…

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Answering An Often Asked Question About Happiness

I guess to some people I come off as an older Buster Scruggs, smiling all along the way. Those who know me best know there is another side to me, much more serious. However, for the most part, I am a very happy camper. That comes through to others and I am often asked how…

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The Importance of Time

We all have things that make us unique or different than others. One of those for me is my reverence for Time…and I know where it comes from. By Time…I mean, I hate to waste it…you never get it back…and it is the only space while on earth where things can get done. And where…

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Smells Like Retirement and This Damn Virus

Got to admit, I never saw nor planned for anything like this Corona Virus thing.  As I write this, I have been home with my wife for about a month.  We go out to get food, to walk or run three miles a day…and that is about it.  Never experienced anything like this…bet you haven’t…

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Be True To Your Teeth or They Will Be False To You

One of my favorite philosophers, Soupy Sales, came up with that quote long ago.  And…he was right. If you have not been to see a dentist in a while…please get on the phone and set an appointment.  As you get older, you have fewer second chances with your teeth.  When I was young, I got…

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Lessons from Water Skiing

There are two rules you absolutely must master if you are going to become a decent water skier. Rule One: Bend at the knees. Rule two: If you fall, let go of the rope. Pretty simple stuff. You need to bend at the knees to stay flexible, because water skiing is bound to take you…

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Celebrity Endorsements

This may not be about retirement…but it is about being old. Growing up, the celebrities I trusted most endorsed cigarettes.  Someone paid them and they then told us it was in our best interests to smoke that particular type of cigarette.  Think about that for a moment.  Those trusted…often beloved…endorsers helped millions of people to…

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Two Sidecars for Mom

My mom has always loved a 1950’s drink called a Sidecar.  A simple cocktail…cognac, orange liqueur and lemon…with sugar around the rim of the glass.  In all my 71 years of knowing my mom…I have never seen her drunk…but I have seen her with a big smile on her face after a couple of Sidecars.…

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Having Fun With Joan Rivers on the Radio

In the late 1990’s, Linda and I lived in NYC at 45 Wall Street.  Strange place to live, but we loved it.  In fact, I loved just about everything about living in NYC. NYC had the best of everything, including radio.  One day, I rented a car and was on my way to apologize to…

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How I Horrified One of the Great Columnists of All-Time

Even as a kid, I loved people who could write succinctly and with humor.  Loved an old columnist named Walter Winchell.  He wrote little, right to the point, sentences about the latest gossip or happenings of the day.  Put enough of them together each day to produce the number one newspaper column of his time.…

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