Well in so many words I thought I would explain somewhat of a breakthrough I recently came to.   It’s basically coming up with a term for a lot of the stuff I do (and have been doing for several years) as a hobby, called “dirtbag adventuring.“  I’ve been struggling for several years to build and [...]

The answer?  20 years after Ronald Reagan famously removed Jimmy Carter’s solar hot water panels, George W. Bush installed the largest solar array on the Whitehouse out of anyone, believe it or not… Since September 2002, a grid of 167 solar panels on the roof of a maintenance shed has been delivering electricity to the White [...]

My buddies the Williams brothers (two awesome, super down to earth white guys from Utah, who own about a dozen Hammond organs, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzers, Clavinets etc – even though they both play different instruments) turned me on to these guys. The Breakestra – who are one of my favorite bands, even though I’ve never [...]

Not a lot of people know about water issues in the west.  The combination of population growth and some environmental issues, and then human practices like agriculture and drinking water tactics is restricting water flow to rivers and replenishment to important lakes and drinking water sources, and even places like The Great Salt Lake. Take [...]

Little did I know that I’d made it on some New York Times blogs, be it years ago.  In both cases the original bloggers directly responded to my question/inquiry and in one case even included my original post in the blog itself. Once in a blue moon I Google myself to see what the world according to [...]