"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...

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...

The Beauty Surrounding Olympic Valley's Chairlifts Suspended from endless cables above the trees. Moving through the evening skies....

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...

There's a lot said about artists drawing from their humiliations, misfortunes, and failures, "a treasure chest of raw material, as clay,...

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...

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...

Olympic Valley, CA “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome,...

Billy Major (GBR) during the Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup Sharing your aliveness with others is more important than “showing up.” It...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

The ‘overview effect’ is common among astronauts, and anyone who has seen our world from outer space. Essentially, seeing the Earth from...

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...

WWII Triple Ace Fighter Pilot "Bud" Anderson and his P-51 Mustang, Old Crow, (courtesy photo). The room was packed with pilots and...