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"The only value we have as human beings, 
  are the risks we are willing to take."                                                                Ernest Hemingway                                                   
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    Wild mustangs and buffalo still roam America's deserts, desolate canyons and plains.  Wild they may be, gentle they are, unless threatened. Living in Moab, Utah, allowed me to get close with the wild that remains.  After two years of roaming the Colorado Plateau, that endless road brought me back to my Holladay home; white-line fever has subsided, but immunity has no expiration date. Future vaccinations to hold back the road fever may be required. 
    I thank Ernest Hemingway for: "What Reward, without Risk?" I thank Edward Abbey reinforcing the rebel spirit: "Resist Much, Obey Little". I thank Sammy Freeman and Adnan Khashoggi for lessons and guidance regarding family and business. They have provided me wisdoms utilized throughout my life. Never a Dull Moment, a philosophy to which I shall always adhere. I cannot imagine life without challenges, learning, risk, growth and staying busy. 
   Chronicling The Wild that Remains is one reason for taking risks.  It allows me to experience, enjoy and share the wonders of the remaining wild open spaces with those unable to roam America's wild places. Let these photos and words on this site take you there.  
    PROSE           &           POETRY 

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The road rolls on forever...
Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany is where it all began.  
 On Dec. 11, 1981, when   America's biggest   Ballroom was being   turned into a Parking   Lot, I promoted  the   Farewell Party for the   world-renown concert   venue, the Terrace Ballroom.   'A  Farewell to the Terrace' was the  Queen's last event.
Salt Lake City architect, Peter Emerson, created the poster.
Claudia Appling, aka Montana Rose, opened the show with Joni Mitchell's Yellow Taxi; "They took Paradise and put up a Parking Lot."  Cow Jazz played one hell of a concert and fa great time was had by all.
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At 7 AM, John Florence's 'Brand New Day' program, brings musical diversity to continuously expand our musical soul. 90.9 FM, Weekdays 7 - 10 AM
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Additional poems are on that page,  along with works from my upcoming book:
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Poems of Love & Hate
Competitor
The Terrace Ballroom's Curtain Call -
EAS is a life-saving technology I invented and funded with promises from the U.S. DOT of a grant. When the Sec. of Transportation was changed, all those promises left with him, along with the interest in this technology.
I was going to delete this information but felt it significant enough to leave in place. The auto industry can do this with simple programming now and tying a signal from an emergency vehicle to an alert over the audio system. 
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Backroads Utah is  photographically preserving Utah's rural communities and places of historical significant on Utah's back roads.
NEW   June 3, 2023
The Photography page links to many subjects with links below taking you to some
"In wildness is the preservation of the world."
                                              - Henry David Thoreau