Going to a live performance by Jeff Dunham had been on my Bucket List ever since the first time I saw him on TV. In my opinion, no better ventriloquist exists on this planet, period. When my son, Geoffrey, told me Dunham was going to be in Las Vegas and suggested we ‘might’ want to […]
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Hearst Castle, a short trip
posted by afreelancewriter
Hearst Castle near San Simeon, California, was a go-to destination on my trip south after visiting my daughter and her husband in Concord, California. Looking back, I am reminded of the problems I had visiting the San Diego Zoo years ago. In both cases, there is more than can be seen in just one trip. […]
Landscapes of Tanzania
posted by afreelancewriter
A few notes before you wander through the images. Arranged by Ray Kelso, founder and director of the Pleistocene Foundation in Ridgecrest, California, the safari started out from Arusha, Tanzania, in three Toyota Land Cruisers. The pictures are in no particular order. With a few hardly noticeable exceptions they were taken either in the Ngorongoro […]
Road Trip – 07/27/19 – Day 2
posted by afreelancewriter
Spent last night in St. George, Utah, courtesy of Jenn and Curtis Peters Drove to Enoch, Utah, and picked up Kaiya and Delilah. These two young girls (ages 11 and 7, maybe) are De’s unofficial grandaughters. They will be our companions for this adventure. Our goal for the day was to make it to the […]
Road Trip – 07/26/19 – Day 1
posted by afreelancewriter
Headed for Las Vegas, Nevada, from my home in Ridgecrest, California, to pick up my daughter DeAnne, our destination Salt Lake City, Utah. With lots of time to spare I decided to abandon the freeways and motor across the Mojave National Preserve. North and east of Barstow, California, I turned off Interstate-40 onto Kelbaker Road. […]
Then the Ground Shook!
posted by afreelancewriter
Bill Haley and His Comets were one of the early Rock Bands. In 1969, they came out with a song that stayed Number One on the Hit Parade charts for weeks — “Shake, Rattle, and Roll.” Fast forward half a century. It was 10:03 AM, July 4, 2019, that I felt the first little jiggle […]
Kopjes on the Serengeti Plains
posted by afreelancewriter
One of the interesting features of the 30,000 square kilometers of the Serengeti Plains in Tanzania are the myriad kopje (pronounced “copy” or copies{pl]). I took this photo from the window of a Cessna Caravan as we were leaving on our last day of a string of kopjes that we drove by the […]
October
31
On the Range
posted by afreelancewriter
While I was cleaning two guns after shooting a box of ammo through each a few days ago, I remembered competition shooting in San Diego. I was stationed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in 1957-58. I volunteered for and qualified as a member of the MCRD Pistol Team. As long as I did my […]
May
25
Pixelated Picture Problems
posted by afreelancewriter
A while back I decided to join the growing ranks of TV cable-cutters, or in my case satellite dish removers. Before I pulled the plug, I did some fiddling around with makeshift, jury-rigged antennas to discover that indeed I could receive HDTV OTA (Over The Air). In keeping with the ancient adage that “There ain’t […]
April
01
A NASCAR Weekend
posted by afreelancewriter
I confess I am an inveterate NASCAR fan. When the last of the 40+ season’s event are over and written into the racing history books, I go through some mild withdrawal symptoms. Hopefully less than others. Occasionally, I’m able to make it to a track and watch a weekend’s event live and […]
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