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Living Alaska — About Me

Leaving Everything Behind — I Started In On June 11th, 2021, I got on my bicycle at 4am in San Francisco, California and rode north across the Golden Gate Bridge. My intended destination was Alaska, to see my 50th State. I stopped heading north when I got to the Canadian Border. Due to Covid19…

Alaska

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Alaska

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Living Alaska — Why I Do Not Write About Politics, War, or…

Been There Done That

Alaska

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Alaska

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Living Alaska — Why I Do Not Write About Politics, War, or…

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·3 days ago

Living Alaska — Here Comes the Rain Again

Falling on my Head in Alaska — Sounds of Rain They put a metal roof on my apartment last month. The rain changed its tone. From the soft splash of wetness to clink clank clonk. It’s Beethoven 5th Symphony played in A flat, what happened to C minor? The Known Symphony in C minor I forgot you…

Music

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Living Alaska — Here Comes the Rain Again

Music

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·4 days ago

Medium — Four Ways to Not Get Published on Medium

Confusing the Algorithm — Speaking in Tongues My ex-girlfriend called me the Riddler, not after the famous Batman villain. She claimed I spoke in metaphoric riddles. She was brilliant, deciphering my metaphoric jargon. Analogies of complex processes boiled down to simple contextualized speech. Allegories of cinematic view, conceptualized in words of wisdom. Complexities painted…

The Shortform

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Medium — Four Ways to Not Get Published on Medium

The Shortform

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Medium — Four Ways to Not Get Published on Medium

Confusing the Algorithm

Speaking in Tongues

My ex-girlfriend called me the Riddler, not after the famous Batman villain. She claimed I spoke in metaphoric riddles. She was brilliant, deciphering my metaphoric jargon.

Analogies of complex processes boiled down to simple contextualized speech.

Allegories of cinematic view, conceptualized in words of wisdom.

Complexities painted…

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·4 days ago

Living Alaska — Just Do It

My Nike State of Mind — Just Do It I rode a bicycle 1,700 miles, starting in San Francisco ending in Ketchikan, Alaska. The night before I left, I heard the Nike commercial, “Just Do It”. I just bought a new pair of shoes in Nike Town, San Francisco. I looked down at my Nike Airs…

Nike

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Nike

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·5 days ago

Living Alaska — The Art of Walking in the Rain

Walk With Me — It’s been raining all week, hence the moniker Rain City. I like walking in the rain, I always have. In Miami, the rain was warm, violent, childhood memories, splashing in puddles, flashes of lightning, booming thunder.

Walking

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Walking

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Jan 6

Let’s Ask Before It’s Too Late

What does ChatGpt3 Say About the Future of… —

The Shortform

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The Shortform

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Let’s Ask Before It’s Too Late

What does ChatGpt3 Say About the Future of…

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·Jan 5

Living Alaska — The High Cost of Living in Small-Town Alaska

The Final Frontier Beef Stew — Cost of Living I live in a small town in Alaska, I was not born here, and I moved two years ago looking for change. I found change; I also found high cost of living. Alaska is popular in Hollywood; they glamorize the Final Frontier, Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch…

Food

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Living Alaska — The High Cost of Living in Small Town Alaska

Food

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·Jan 4

Living Alaska — Can You Retire in Alaska?

The Yellow Brick Road to Alaska — The Goal I moved to Alaska two years ago looking for adventure. My goal of becoming a successful writer has the same odds here as San Francisco, California. I came from the Golden State to Gold Country, looking for opportunity to live a better life. Can I Retire? Have I…

Retirement

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Living Alaska — Can You Retire in Alaska?

Retirement

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·Jan 2

Living Alaska — Can You Find a Paved Road in Alaska?

Winter in Alaska, Not the Reality Show Version — Real Alaska Is The prevalence of reality shows in Alaska is a phenomenon. I watched Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Life Below Zero, Gold Rush and The Last Frontier. Do these shows depict Real Alaska? In my opinion, no. …

Travel

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