Day: June 22, 2020

Before I created this blog post, I took time organizing my thoughts to shape the narrative for the photos I captured during the 2018 Key West Fantasy Festival. I was ambivalent because none of the images represent any form of wildlife, wilderness landscapes or US National Parks.

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Since I began my nomadic travels around the US, I have captured photographs of the natural essence of the National Parks, Monuments, landmarks along with some hiking and mountain biking locations. Uniquely all of those locations I visited were filled with natures sounds of silence.

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So, my time in Key West during the Fantasy Fest was at times overwhelming with the volume of people, cars, traffic, and the noise.
Oh yes, the noise was such a drastic change from the solitude sounds of Yellowstone, Crater Lake, or the deserts of the southwest.

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Now, let’s be honest. The 2018 Key West Fantasy Festival is…

Two months ago, I was preparing to backpack portions ofArizonaand thePacific Crest Trails. By mid-March, the trail administrators closed all hiking trails demanding everyone leave due to theCOVID-19 World Pandemic.

Their concerns surrounded the health and safety of volunteers, trail angles, trails towns, hostels, and all supporters who may encounter hikers. Many such organizers are volunteers who provide rides, and small towns do not have hospital infrastructure to deal with hikers who may carry the virus.

The small communities have a valid point, as I know most hikers like me do not shower for days and to enter a town emitting odors just below the scent of rotting corpses, I could not blame them.

I continued monitoring state and federal officials as I isolated in the Arizona desert upon Bureau of Landmanagemt Lands, also known…

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India has one of the world’s highest suicide rates for young people and the maximum occurs in the age group 14-29 (40 per 100,000 people). According to WHO, the…

DISCLAIMER- this piece is based on the tragic demise of an actor whose death hit me very close to home for some very unknown reason. I did not write this to disrespect the deceased or be intrusive but I literally could not control my pen when I sat down to write it. This is what I wished should have happened instead of what did.

The day that you bought me was the best day of my life. You probably just clicked a few times on amazon without knowing that you chose me. I felt my box being hauled off on what was probably an airplane. I’ve never flown before, in fact i have never stepped out of this cardboard box. I reached my new home in a couple of days and i saw you grinning excitedly while signing the reciept from the tiny crack in my box. I coudn’t wait…