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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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As some of you know, we moved around A LOT when Sc As some of you know, we moved around A LOT when Scott and I were little. I attended kindergarten in Greenville, then in Apopka, then in St. Cloud. When we wound up back in Greenville the next year, imagine my surprise to see that the lunch ladies included my grandmother, Eileen (Kious) Darnell, and my great aunt, Aldean Darnell. And yes, I believe my portion sizes were at least a little above average. :^)

This photo is c. 1970, and shows Aunt Aldean on the left (weird to see her not smiling, which she always was) and Grandma "Bam" on the right.
Feeling very blessed after spending the past week Feeling very blessed after spending the past week at our favorite cabin on Lake Santeetlah, and looking forward to what's next. 😊
So happy to have been able to join the celebration So happy to have been able to join the celebrations for our awesome niece, Caragh Kiefert. On the joyous occasion of her high school graduation, her parents Dan and Nancy, plus Aunt Mary and all members of the extended family are unanimous: She is a gem.
Seizing this day to congratulate our Amelia. Earli Seizing this day to congratulate our Amelia. Earlier this year, she landed her dream job as a part-time sales consultant at luxury bridal boutique @whiteofraleigh. Over the past weeks, she has: earned rave reviews for her exceptional customer service; become one of their star models on their social media accounts; and been promoted to senior stylist. Lovely, brilliant, and wonderful: That's our girl!
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