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    Rare Air Episode 41

    November 1, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Meet our octopus friend!

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    “My Old Coach”

    January 7, 2018 - By Roger D.

    My latest entry on My Old Coach is now live – in honor of Coach Gene Barber and our combined “glory days.” For this new website/book project, I am continuing to seek true stories and anecdotes about awesome coaches. Have an idea? Please get in touch.

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    Rare Air Episode 24

    December 25, 2017 - By Roger D.

    Much to our good fortune, we are embarking on yet another new year when our blessings are too numerous to count. Our kids continue to blow our minds as they embrace life in their unique ways and show us true strength and originality, and our loved ones and friends are also persevering and inspiring, far and wide. Looking toward our future adventures, we are excitedly aware of vast treasures to come… and yet, today, these and other fantastic experiences from the past are what fuel my dreams. Roger’s journal, June 13, 2016: The hike to Ram Head, Saint John

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    Rare Air Episode 23

    October 29, 2017 - By Roger D.

    I hope you enjoy the words and Rare Air episode 23, and I look forward to hearing from you any time.

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    Rare Air Episode 22

    August 31, 2017 - By Roger D.

    I hope you enjoy the words and Rare Air episode 22, and I look forward to hearing from you any time.

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    You Are Momentous

    April 19, 2017 - By Roger D.

    A simplified formula for achieving happiness by being momentous.

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    Rare Air Episode 17

    November 1, 2016 - By Roger D.

    June 11 is the date we planned to arrive in Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, before staying on for another nine nights. In the months leading up to that, I spent a lot of time daydreaming about those hours we’d be spending in paradise. My inner photobug also drove me to great lengths to gear up for the trip, as I got serious about capturing more captivating moments to feed into new Rare Air chapters.

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    Rare Air Episode 16: Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands

    August 31, 2016 - By Roger D.

    I hope you enjoy the words and Rare Air episode 16, and I look forward to hearing from you any time.

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    Rare Air Episode 5: Bradley Lake Trail

    November 2, 2014 - By Roger D.

    "Rare Air" is my original series of short travelogues intended to immerse us all in nature, if only for a minute.

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    Rare Air Episode 4: Fort Flagler State Beach

    September 1, 2014 - By Roger D.

    The day was sunny and warm in monumental ways… so that the vacation seemed to have turned over a new leaf.

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People often ask, what’s Riley up to? Now living i People often ask, what’s Riley up to? Now living in Nashville with his girlfriend Emi Hubener and his Bunny the Lifeguard bandmates ‘Raul’ (Riley McCorvey) and Wyatt Tracey, when not playing ‘post-hardcore’ music, you can find him mixing live sound at Diamond Sound Studios and at famed hot spots on Broadway (aka Honky Tonk Highway). Follow this link to check-out the band’s new LP, “A Brief Life of Toil” 

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Kious family photo, c. 1962. L-R: Eileen Kious-Dar Kious family photo, c. 1962. L-R: Eileen Kious-Darnell (our grandmother), Lila Ridings-Darnell (our mom), Gertrude Kious (our great grandmother), birthday boy Don Darnell, Norma Kious, and Sam Kious (not sure about the other three ladies). Another of many dear family photos scanned by my uncle Richard Darnell.
“Classic” Wegmann family photo: William Wegmann (1 “Classic” Wegmann family photo: William Wegmann (1884-1959), Beth and her siblings’ great grandfather (Lillian Wegmann-Kiefert’s dad).
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