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About admin

I would like to think of myself as a full time traveler. I have been retired since 2006 and in that time have traveled every winter for four to seven months. The months that I am "home", are often also spent on the road, hiking or kayaking. I hope to present a website that describes my travel along with my hiking and sea kayaking experiences.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES

9 WAYS TO RESPOND TO POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFIC MISINFORMATION  By Angela Haupt October 9, 2024 Time Magazine It’s been an intense election season, from a candidate’s momentous dropout to meme-generating debates to assassination attempts. And that’s just accounting for the things … Continue reading

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SCIENCE

A Giant Leap for DoubtersA worker adjusts an exhibit at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Skepticism about established science is hardly new, but the Internet has been a boon to fringe beliefs. Think the moon landings were faked? Go … Continue reading

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REDHEADS

Redheads aren’t going extinct. Here’s why. Be it ginger, auburn, or strawberry blond, red hair is here to stay, say geneticists. By Sharon Guynup January 20, 2023 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC  On the screen and on the street, strawberry blonds and those … Continue reading

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nm

United States – California Extreme North (Eureka, Redding, Ukiah, Chico) Visited by: 2939 nomads 5 4 4 6 2 +−  Leaflet | NomadMania OSM Maps, © OpenStreetMap contributors   Hide all items Show all items Show unchecked items Show checked items Enter your visits to this region First visit: … Continue reading

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ICE CAVES

The Alps’ magical ice caves risk vanishing in our warming world For centuries, this spectacular underworld recorded the local climate and entranced visitors. Now its fairy-tale features are receding, drip by drip. SCHWARZMOOSKOGEL (AUSTRIA) Photographer Robbie Shone walks among towers … Continue reading

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MEDIA RELEASES

193 PRESS RELEASE I have never self-promoted my travels but with 193, I wrote several newspapers with the following article, mostly in places I had lived – Medicine Hat News, Edmonton Journal, Victoria Times Colonist, Castlegar News, Trail Times, Nelson … Continue reading

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LOVE

Love Doesn’t Have to Be Unconditional Illustration by Christina Lee for TIME Ideas By Myisha Battle October 31, 2024 10:03 AM EDT Battle is a certified clinical sexologist and sex and dating coach, educator, and speaker. She is the author of This … Continue reading

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TOXIC CONVERSATION

How to Break 8 Toxic Communication Habits Illustration by TIME By Angela Haupt October 31, 2024 11:46 AM EDT If you want to excel at pickleball, cake-decorating, or playing the piano, you’ll probably sign up for a class or enlist an … Continue reading

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STEVE SILBERMAN

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steve Silberman Silberman in 2016 Born December 23, 1957 Ithaca, New York, U.S. Died August 29, 2024 (aged 66) San Francisco, California, U.S. Alma mater Oberlin College, University of California, Berkeley Genre Non-fiction Notable work Neurotribes Notable awards … Continue reading

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A CRITIQUE OF “NEUROTRIBES”

Steve Silberman’s Phony History of Autism Dealt Another Blow January 7, 2021 More NeuroTribes fictions revealed in new scholarly paper By Jill Escher When Steve Silberman’s grandiose fabrication of the history of autism, NeuroTribes, was published in 2015 I was … Continue reading

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