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November 25, 2025

Hemmingway

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything"
-Ernest Hemmingway
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September 25, 2025

smiles

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
-Thich Nhat Hanh
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September 17, 2025

Malala

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
-Malala Yousafzai
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August 29, 2025

Stephen King

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
—Stephen King
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Published on August 29, 2025 11:27 Tags: authors, stephen-king, writing

August 2, 2025

Quote of the day

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.

Louis L'Amour
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Published on August 02, 2025 11:03 Tags: books, louis-l-amour, quotes, reading

July 23, 2025

New books on Idaho

Two of my series of books on abandoned places in Idaho will be released on July 31st:

Ghost Towns of Eastern Idaho: Exploring Boomtowns of the Past and Present

Abandoned Mines of Western ... Abandoned Mines of Western Idaho: Quests for the Motherlode

The first book in the series is Abandoned Idaho, which was released last May.

They will be available on Amazon. If you order one from me I will sign it for you.
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May 23, 2025

Victor Frankl

"Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude"

- Victor Frankl
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May 16, 2025

Einstein

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." "Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere."

- Albert Einstein
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May 11, 2025

Jordan Peterson

“It is much better to make friends with what you do not know than with what you do know, as there is an infinite supply of the former but a finite stock of the latter.”

- Jordan Peterson
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May 8, 2025

Eben Alexander

"Every interaction in life is an opportunity to grow spiritually."

- Eben Alexander, from Living in a Mindful Universe
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