This first blog is the result of the encouragement from some very dear friends. Over the years, I’ve shared my experiences, photography, and musings but never created a blog for that purpose.

Wanderlust has been the driving force to compel me to see what is just around the corner, just over the next hill or mountain or to see what lay beyond the horizon. When possible, I try to capture these moments as photographs but most importantly to capture them on my heart. These heartfelt moments become blazes as I create new trails or explore ancient paths, they help me from becoming lost in the routines of day-to-day life.  Some of these moments have been best preserved as short stories or musings. No movie can best the book it is based on, so may my short stories create pictures in your heart that no photograph can match.

As my hair and beard become white I find it very important to write a record of these “blazes” as I live out my life as a pioneer. Perhaps someone will come across one of my blazes that will inspire them to blaze their own trail through this greatest of adventures…Life.