PCT – Jake the Service Dog Book Signing
My then 7 week old blue-eyed Siberian Husky Jake (who I had adopted only 8 days prior), makes friends with the wonderful PCTA volunteers at the Pacific Crest Trail book signing at Adventure 16 in West Los Angeles, California. Jake...
Custer’s Last Stand – Dances with Horses
Time washes away all war and conflict and replaces it with peace and beauty. Looking at the photo of wild horses on what was once known to both the Lakota and Plains Indian tribes as the Battle of the Greasy...
PCT 2017 – Warner Springs with Jake the Service Dog
It is often difficult to hike the Pacific Crest Trail with a service dog. I have taken both my first service dog Ray and his replacement Jake on sections of the PCT. Fortunately, in 2017, we were having an historic...
Phoenix Genesis® is Remodeling for Mobile Phones & Tablets
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Can’t Have Too Many Toys
Just ask my Siberian husky puppy Jake. The first steps to training any service dog is to allow him or her to enjoy puppyhood. Human interaction is important, but your new puppy will also need some time to play alone...
Minecraft PS4 – Spawn Glide Tower and Secret Areas
https://youtu.be/RTUYuasVNlE My Phoenix Genesis Survival World that will turn 7 years-old March 2022. Here is my X0 Z0 Spawn Glide Tower as well as Trademarked Sign and secret areas. I did some nice terraforming after a glitch overwrote part of...
Minecraft PS4 – Spawn Glide Tower and Secret Areas
https://youtu.be/RTUYuasVNlE My Phoenix Genesis Survival World that will turn 7 years-old March 2022. Here is my X0 Z0 Spawn Glide...
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Minecraft PS4 – Spawn Glide Tower and Secret Areas
https://youtu.be/RTUYuasVNlE My Phoenix Genesis Survival World that will turn 7 years-old March 2022. Here is my X0 Z0 Spawn Glide Tower as well as Trademarked Sign and secret areas. I did some nice terraforming after a glitch overwrote part of...
Life Lessons I Learned From Playing Minecraft – When In Darkness There Is Light
Perhaps the best Christmas present I got this past year was the PlayStation 4 version of Minecraft. There are all my other video games proudly displayed on my shelf and then there is Minecraft. It seems that I reach for...
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Time washes away all war and conflict and replaces it with peace and beauty. Looking at the photo of wild horses on what was once known to both the Lakota and Plains Indian tribes as the Battle of the Greasy...
PCT 2017 – Warner Springs with Jake the Service Dog
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