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    Rare Air Episode 46

    It is wonderful to report that today is an excellent day for us. We’re together in Cherry Grove, a run of built-out South Carolina coastline where we have gathered for the past several years – minus 2020, when we had to stay home. For our youngsters and the rest of us, it’s been great to ease back onto memory lane at the beach, especially with warmer temperatures enticing us outdoors. This year’s locale has us further north, and in our beach walks, the nature sanctuary of Cherry Grove Point beckons.

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    Rare Air Episode 35

    With this installment, the Rare Air encapsulation of our July, 2018, trip to Hawaii’s Big Island is now complete. May the artifacts from those memorable days and nights dance around in our collective consciousness forever. It was an exotic continuation of our adventures started in 2012, when we first set out to explore America and its National Parks together with our kids. The “trip of a lifetime” for Beth and me, it played out beautifully, ending with us all coming home to Asheville… as Amelia and Riley readied for their high school senior and freshmen years, respectively.

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    Rare Air Episode 33

    It’s my pleasure to share footage captured at the spot where the Ka’ahakini and Kolekole Streams flow together – at Kolekole Beach Park in Hilo, on Hawaii’s Big Island – from our trip in July, 2018. You can learn quite a bit more about this spectacular place by reading previous entries on this blog, which are just a click away, using the wayfinder below. To this growing record and enchanting video footage, I’ll add a few immortal words from William Shakespeare. “What is past is prologue.” Hawaii Big Island, July, 2018 . December 2018 desktop calendar: Slideshow featuring select photos…