Inspirations

These are the plaques with thoughts I have around my home office:

• Live out loud!


• Do one thing every day that scares you. -- Eleanor Roosevelt


• Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson


• Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take -- but by the moments that take our breath away.


• And... look to this day for it is life. in its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence, the joy of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty... today well lived makes every yesterday a memory of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. look well, therefore, to this day... -- ancient sanskrit proverb

These are the things I believe.

People and passions

One of the real joys of working as a reporter, is the chance to meet people who are passionate about what they do. Maybe it's a hobby, maybe it's a profession, but they know it inside and out and they're good at and they want to share it.

My thanks to those who answer my many questions and share their many insights, who enlighten me and help me enlighten others.

Those who follow their passion, whether it's music or sport or politics, can inspire us to follow ours.

You know what this means

March in Utah

Heavy rain turned to heavy snow overnight Monday and blanketed the city in white. The good thing about snow in March is how fast it melts. And how soon the roads are dry. And how close Spring is. At least we like to think it's close.

Incredible moment

I didn't take this picture because I'm in it. That's me on the left, massaging the nose of a horse that just a few minutes before was wary of me, and I of him. We became friends after working together and reading each other's body language and being sensitive and non-threatening and communicating. We bonded. We trusted. It was one of those incredible, breath-taking moments in life. Build trust. Bond.

Big Island, Hawaii

On the Big Island of Hawaii, you can find rocky lava cliffs, green sand beaches, black sand beaches, white sand beaches, big turtles resting, little whales jumping, colorful flowers open to the sun, the lively town of Kona and quaint town of southern-most Na'alehu. You can drive to the top of Mauna Kea, where observatories search the skies from almost 14,000 feet, you can watch sunsets and sailboats, you can go deep-sea fishing, you can snorkel among fish of all colors and sizes and shapes, you can sit under an umbrella in the rain, you can watch the waves curl and crash or be in the waves with your boogie board as they curl and crash.

I hope you do.

Favorite picture of the week

It's been melting here in the valley. This week anyway. They had room for a picture page in our last Clipper edition, but this one didn't make it. My choice. It didn't fit with the others. I headlined the pictures: Warm, wet weather brings brief break. There are sure to be more snow pics on the horizon. And soon.