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wind turbine service repairman

Wind turbine service technician is one of the more abundant energy transitions jobs. You’ll need to be capable of dealing with heights, you will need to be physically fit, but otherwise it is a job well within the range of most of our workforce. The future is bright in this field where the career path […]

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Out and About

Curiosity drew the steer to the fence. I approached hoping I might coax a scratch atop the head between the horns, no deal. When you are out on the road a certain degree of mistrust can keep you alive— I’d jumped from the Bay Area to Cold Springs, Nevada. As drives go it was not […]

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The Living Breathing Heart of Summer

rumor has it that the bikini and martini are equally intoxicating—

running west with the wind

Buffalo Head In the 1970’s I played my show in Colorado. Autumn was preferred. Instead by hubris in winter late near midnight I drove Highway 160 over Yellowjacket Pass in thirty below. I made Durango that night for a show the next day. My teeth chattering, I climbed into my goose down bag tossed a […]

Minting Ghost Towns

This is our America out here…

Thermopolis, Wyoming’s Hot Spring

Deeper into the journey now. After Fort Collins, Colorado’s leafy college town coddling I am back in the sprawling lost world we know as Central Wyoming. Hot Springs State Park is set against a northern flowing Big Horn River. Half the town’s businesses are in dire circumstances the rest boarded up. You come to Thermopolis […]

Baker, Nevada

Sixty-eight citizens call Baker, Nevada home. Five miles from the entrance to Great Basin National Park makes this unincorporated corner of the universe a park visitor must-do experience- like it or not. Nearest grocery stores are 56 miles west in Ely, pronounced E-Lee. Nearest saloon once you depart the two saloons in Baker is 8 […]

Fallon, Nevada

Getting packed and out of town without a hitch wasn’t likely to begin with. Because of the sailboat, home renovation and general spirit of upheaval there were things that would go missing. Forget the vest and 12 volt cool chest so you know. Bitter pills to swallow. Success in low budget showmanship demands a vest. […]

April 19,’18 Gridlocked in Tsunami Zone

Bio-Debatable Bat-Poop-Crazy Not the Destination? It’s the Journey? Are You Sure Sherlock? We’ll say a quick hello… Thursday here in LA with Emeryville on our evenings itinerary. Got that? We’re aboard the vessel Sweet Seas. Yesterday foolishly believing I could do better than be held hostage to the tyranny of Los Angeles traffic I took […]

It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Canary Starts Sizzling…

Setting Sail for a Better Future Let’s head out from here where sanity prevails. First, we have a global manmade climate crisis. Got that? Let’s get our priorities right. Wake up! Next up is worldwide population levels continuing to expand while we wreak havoc upon the support system all these new lives will need if […]