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Evolution

April 14, 2020 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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In the course of my recent rebranding, I've spent a good bit of time revisiting the changes in the blog over the years. If you haven't followed along since its inception, the evolution of my … [Read more...] about Evolution

Filed Under: Featured, Life Tagged With: blogging

This Was Not in the Brochure

March 30, 2020 By Val Weston 8 Comments

Time to move forward! Yes, even amid the utter chaos out there in the world right now. That's in addition to my own personal chaos since late last year that has nothing to do with the pandemic. … [Read more...] about This Was Not in the Brochure

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: blogging

Val’s Top 10 Posts of 2019

December 31, 2019 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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This year was not a particularly prolific one on the blog as I took on other projects and tried to unravel the mess I made of things here on New Year's Day. Even with the dip in my personal … [Read more...] about Val’s Top 10 Posts of 2019

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: blogging, cuba, emergency, fear, first aid, new year, r1200gs, training, walt fulton

Vignettes of Cuba

February 26, 2019 By Val Weston 2 Comments

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How does a travel blogger take a vacation? Apparently we don't! Earlier this month I took a weeklong trip to Cuba for the first time. I went into that adventure looking to be largely off-duty. I … [Read more...] about Vignettes of Cuba

Filed Under: Photography, Travel Tagged With: blogging, cuba

Progress is Messy

January 29, 2019 By Val Weston 4 Comments

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As you have figured out, I'm a self-employed, freelancer-type person. That means I'm not bound to a rigid schedule. That's usually pretty cool. But it also means that when urgent matters or deadlines … [Read more...] about Progress is Messy

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: blogging, challenges

Launching an Email Newsletter

January 22, 2018 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

Hi y'all! Just a quick note today to announce the launch of my email newsletter. It will be a compilation of content from the blog, behind-the-scenes adventures that don't quite fit into a blog … [Read more...] about Launching an Email Newsletter

Filed Under: Life, Photography, Uncategorized Tagged With: blogging, social media

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The Princess Bride cookbook exists. Thought y'all should know. 😁
Writing this month's newsletter I realized how much I write about weather. I suppose I should branch out a bit but, then again, when you like to do stuff outside, you world pretty much revolves around weather. How's that for a Catch 22? Or should we call it a Catch '23 with as insane as the weather has been so far this year? 😁
Ah, spring—coat on, coat off, coat on, coat off...
Nabbed my first smiley in ages over the weekend. This one led to a couple more in the area breaking a slump of (*checks stats*) — 494 days. 😬 Oopsies!

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