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Echoes of the Sixties

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Whatever became of your favorite pop music stars of the 1960s? As the 1960s draw ever more distant in our recollective rear-view mirror, the overwhelming influence of those watershed years in redefining American culture becomes ever more apparent. Today, 54 million Americans who call themselves children of the ’60s, people who lived their formative years during that decade, find a common bond in the events, sights, and sounds of that remarkable era of change.  Echoes of the Sixties by Marti Smiley Childs and Jeff March … Continue reading →

Ansel Adams in Color

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Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was one the greatest photographers and environmentalists of the twentieth century. His career spans to more than sixty years. He created over 40,000 photographs. He is possibly the most honored photographer in history. I would say that he is my greatest inspiration in landscape photography. He really got me into it. He was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous honorary degrees. His photographs have been exhibited at many of the world’s major museums. Ansel Adams began to photograph … Continue reading →

The Science of Being and Art of Living

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I have just revised this blog in honor of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who recently passed away in India. I wonder how many people in 2008 still read this book, “The Science of Being and Art of Living”. This book was very popular in the late 1960s around the time that The Beatles went to India to meditate and spend time with the Maharishi. The Beatles were very young, even though they thought they were so mature. They even had contests to see who could meditate … Continue reading →

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra

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“I would like you to join me on a journey of discovery. We will explore a place where the rules of everyday existence do not apply. These rules explicitly state that to grow old, become frail, and die is the ultimate destiny of all. And so it has been for century after century. However, I want you to suspend your assumptions about what we call reality so that we can become pioneers in a land where youthful vigor, renewal, creativity, joy, fulfillment, and timelessness are … Continue reading →