As it is with many people, fall is my favorite season of the year. There's nothing quite like clear blue skies, a nip in the air, and leaves crunching under foot on a nearby trail.This week in San Francisco feels more like summer, which is nice for Fleet Week and the air show, but I do think back to my recent vacation trip to the Pacific Northwest, especially my last days in Elko Nevada, where it definitely felt like autumn. One of my brothers has called Elko home for many years. He and his wife live in a house they built (and I really mean they built) about 10 miles outside of Elko, accessed by several miles of dirt road where no other building is seen from the house. That's the first photo--beautiful, isn't it? Quite a difference from my living in the midst of San Francisco! Two compl... 10/13/2019

Come see 2010 Academy of Western Artists Male Poet of the Year, Ken Cook perform, Diet and Exercise: 28th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering February 1-4, 2012 - Elko NevadaI recently got the privilege of seeing my favorite Cowboy Poet, 2010 Academy of Western Artists Male Poet of the Year, Ken Cook perform one of his newer poems, Diet and Exercise at the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in Prescott, AZ.  He may be performing this one and I’m sure he will share many more of his amazing creations with everyone at the 28th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, February 1-4, 2012 - Elko Nevada.I thought since the Holidays are quickly approaching and an incredible number of people will be thinking about starting the new year with some Diet and Exercise goals of their own; that I would... 12/20/2011