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    April 2020 – inspiration to “dare mighty things”

    March 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Wishing each of you all the best throughout the difficult days to come, and looking forward to better days for us all.

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    Rare Air Episode 37

    March 1, 2020 - By Roger D.

    This episode of Rare Air is a time capsule from Caneel Bay in July, 2017… two months before Hurricane Irma hit, leading to the resort’s immediate closure. Today, it’s still closed, and its future uncertain. Who would have guessed?

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    February 2020

    January 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    February desktop calendar now available - check back soon for a new episode of Rare Air.

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    Rare Air Episode 36

    December 31, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Scene from our visit to Brown Bay on July 7, 2017, two months before the onset of Hurricane Irma.

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    December 2019

    November 30, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Come back soon to see the latest episode of Rare Air.

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    Rare Air Episode 35

    October 31, 2019 - By Roger D.

    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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    October 2019

    September 29, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Featured Image: 2018 photo from Puakō Bay, Waimea, Hawaii.

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    Rare Air Episode 34

    August 30, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Where adolescent ‘o’opu ‘alamo’o goby fish reverse course and begin their epic journeys back up the Kolekole Stream, from which they came.

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    Amelia’s taking off

    August 10, 2019 - By Roger D.

    In another week, our baby girl will spread her wings and soar away. She’s set to enter

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    June 2019

    May 30, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Featured Image: 2018 photo from Kolekole Beach Park, Hilo, Hawaii.

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