Whatever the future holds, we eagerly look forward to our next family get-together.
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Almost exactly seven years ago, I stopped to shoot this footage along Highway 105 just south of Boone. Reviewing it and re-reading my journal entries from that time, I’m surprised to see all the directions our lives were travelling.
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On Saturday, July 6, 2019, I sat down with my laptop and began writing a journal entry, as I’ve been doing consistently, at least once a week, since mid-2003. With only two more full days remaining at the vacation spot of our dreams, I was ready to ask myself big questions, and to renew my search for answers. One essential takeaway
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I’ve been featuring video shot during our 2019 trip to St. John since episode 47. Revisiting what I wrote to accompany that edition – and almost every one since – pining away for past times is clearly my recurring theme. Honoring the present does remain vastly important for me, always, and yet, this digital pathway is sure to involve even more savoring of sweet, bygone times.
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Dipping back into this original series I first launched a decade ago, I am finding it is both a fascinating time capsule and a deeply meaningful map to the future.
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Sunset over St. John’s Bordeaux Mountain, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Underwater scene from a 2019 day experiencing new things in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Underwater scene from a 2019 day experiencing new things in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Some people ask if Beth and I are always on-the-go, constantly experiencing exotic locations and their wonder. It’s easy to wish that was so, but for now, normal day-to-day life in our Asheville treehouse feels like the best-case scenario.
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Each episode of Rare Air encapsulates some moment where I was completely immersed in recording another of Mother Nature’s sacred revelations. Sublime visions such as these – and others exponentially more spectacular – play out constantly on this extraordinary planet of ours. Leaning in offers me yet another opportunity to appreciate the past, and hope for what might come in the future if all goes well.