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Firsts and Lasts

January 1, 2019 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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Happy new year, dear readers! Another year has come and gone. Today we all start a fresh calendar full of possibilities. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day make for tidy bookends to the year, don't … [Read more...] about Firsts and Lasts

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: changes, inspiration, new year, quote, river

Inspiration and Friendship

October 18, 2013 By Val Weston 2 Comments

I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful it is to be in the Great Smoky mountains again after two anxious weeks of park closures. I'm back at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont for the … [Read more...] about Inspiration and Friendship

Filed Under: Life, Photography, Uncategorized Tagged With: experiential education, friendship, great smoky mountains, great smoky mountains institute at tremont, inspiration, ken thompson, marcel proust, steve zigler, todd moore, tom vadnais, will clay

Passion…TED style

July 11, 2012 By Val Weston 2 Comments

Let me go ahead and admit I'm addicted to TED Talks. They are chock are full of people doing amazing things. It's inspiration porn. But I wanted to share this particular one with you that just came … [Read more...] about Passion…TED style

Filed Under: Life, Uncategorized Tagged With: granola talk, inspiration, passion, Real Talk

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