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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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    Rare Air Episode 3: Kalaloch Beach

    August 3, 2014 - By Roger D.

    Kalaloch Beach, captured June 16, 2014.

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    Rare Air Episode 2: Quinault Rain Forest

    July 5, 2014 - By Roger D.

    Time in nature = sacred saturation.

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    Rare Air Episode 1: Shoshone National Forest

    June 10, 2014 - By Roger D.

    I hope you'll find something inspiring and perhaps somehow educational in these videos, and that some additional aspects of the world may find you through them.

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    May 27, 2014: Lucky fool

    May 27, 2014 - By Roger D.

    make any move you can - we all soon disappear.

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    Nov. 21, 1998: Character

    November 17, 2013 - By Roger D.

    In November of 1998, Beth and I were living in our Barrington Way townhome in Glendale, California, which hosted us and our cats nicely enough through a very exciting and challenging time. Going back to Arc of the Poet, that was our critical California move in the so-called “Fame and Fortune” era. While I was extremely thankful at that time to have landed on the staff of Crest National in Hollywood, my film industry dreams were still very personal, and I pressed on to the best of my abilities on every front. Externally, I continued to “swing for the fence”…

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    Oct. 13, 2013: The Perfect Record

    October 13, 2013 - By Roger D.

    The Perfect Record by Roger Darnell

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    March 7, 2013: Riley Art

    March 7, 2013 - By Roger D.

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    Let’s keep the world beautiful

    February 10, 2013 - By Roger D.

    We are very proud to be joining 10,000 like-minded friends in Washington, D.C., next Sunday (“President’s Day” in America), to be part of a peaceful demonstration. Why? For me personally, I can say for sure that a key reason is the deep emotional connection that occurred in me when I watched the above ad, and another more famous one named “The Crying Indian,” as a young boy about 42 years ago. It requested of me that I help “Keep America beautiful,” and on some level, I have been trying to do that ever since. Now more than ever, we are…

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“Classic” Kiefert family photo, c. 1936. Dan Kiefe “Classic” Kiefert family photo, c. 1936. Dan Kiefert, Beth’s dear grandfather, entertaining some of his brothers and friends with his guitar.
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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