– Warm cuddles from my kids – Time for reading a good book – Hot, buttered coffee

-Opportunities to connect and reconnect with people I care about -Opportunities for learning new skills -Time

It amazes me how large four wheel drive vehicles can crawl over obstacles when given enough ground clearance and traction!! I had spend the night on a solo hunting trip for the last few days of deer season in Lockwood Valley, CA. Trying to cover as much ground as possible to see the local terrain, Read More …

So I got an email from Netflix last week about the release of Steven Rinella’s show: MeatEater on Netflix. This was followed with a couple of days of binge watching seasons 5 & 6 of MeatEater—reminding me of the highs and lows of last October’s deer hunt in Utah. Back in June, I had decided Read More …

Every year the 7 Search and Rescue Teams in Ventura County get together to to a joint training exercise. We are blessed to have seven teams, each with their own specialty or specific region within the county. Three are mountain rescue teams, based in Upper Ojai, Fillmore and Thousand Oaks. The county also has a Read More …

Recently I was asked for a list of 10 things that I do daily for my overall Health & Wellness. It was relatively easy to document, but as I thought about it, the main reason an “Every Day” series of actions is important is because of its compounding results. Think about it: we know we Read More …

We spent the evening at the King Gillette Ranch, next to Malibu Creek State Park. Having special permission from the State Park Service to be there after closing so that we could practice tracking at nighttime. Our team had been issued 2 sets of ex-military Night Vision Goggles (NVGs). I found that I could put Read More …

One of the benefits of living in Southern California is the ability to visit the mountains and the ocean in the same day!! After going for a hike in the morning, I went Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) in Escondido Canyon Beach, where there is a gentle surf entry and a slight eastern wind/current that carried Read More …

Box Breathing A common basic meditation/breathing technique is Box Breathing. Also known as Square Breathing, or Four-Square Breathing, Box Breathing has been used to calm the nerves and relieve stress by helping to regulate the autonomic nervous system. Researchers at the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine report that Box Breathing has been shown Read More …

There are few things that can impact one’s life in a general direction as much as “Having a good day”. A series of having these good days can lead to a good week, to a good month, and a good year. A series of days that lack good days, can impact us negatively, but each Read More …