Steve Dickinson
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Paradise trails has still a long path to go
OK – so we got the RV and headed inland – great driving by Lynne and good navigation by Teva – We are now in the back of …… somewhere I don’t know – but it’s cool – I just…
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Dungarees and bourbon
Green River, Utah, 200 hundred miles from nowhere – cottonwood seeds are dropping like snow, the desert sun finally dropped behind massive canyon of red cliffs and the bugs feel like it’s time for a last-minute snack before dark, and…
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Greatest lesson to be learnt
Sitting here on the last night – among the redwoods at Smithwoods just outside Santa Cruz. There are 2 squirrels playing tag around a massive tree as the evening casts everything vivid green and orange. (We backed the RV into…
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Paradise Trails has still a long path to go
Yesterday we woke to the sound of coyotes howling at sunrise, the sun beating off massive bright orange boulders and dark coloured lizards being scattered by rabbits playing tag. Today we woke in a dust bowl in the arse end…
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Today I felt the full weight of my humanity
Benjamin Disraeli said “Fear makes us feel our humanity” As the sun blared down, and the simple requests of ‘let’s go to the chemist’ seemed not to have the full weight of the Tennyson’s Charge of the light brigade –…
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You can learn a lot from a Bali dog
As the sun rises and the frogs say their nightly fond farewells, the Balinese music that seems to have no rhyme nor reason fills the air, Sunday morning is pretty much like every beautiful day here warm, perfumed and perfect.…
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Panorama
Panorama Silence, stillness and repetition are skills we do not process. TV, Bluetooth, radio, MP3, streaming, email, snapchat, twitter- the constant bleep, donk, dink of ‘you have a message’. Each day for the last 17 days I have woken not…
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