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The former home used to house single mothers before they gave birth next door at the former Crittenton General Hospital, from the the 1950s through the 1970s.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rosa-parks-and-tuxedo-in-detroit-june-2018.jpgRosa Parks and Tuxedo in Detroit June 2018Decay was visible everywhere near the old Crittenton General Hospital Site, off of Rose Parks Boulevard.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/crittenton-general-hospital-1930-300-dpi-for-dfp.jpgCrittenton General Hospital 1930 300 DPI for DFP2025-10-26T05:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/about/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/rudytamperelakeview1x1ratiowinter-1.jpgrudytamperelakeview1x1ratiowinter-1https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/rudytamperelakeview1x1ratiowinter.jpgrudytamperelakeview1x1ratiowinterhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rudy-owens-2023.jpgRudy Owens at HomeRudy Owens at home spring 2023https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudy-at-pacificcity-may-2017.jpgRudy at PacificCity May 2017Rudy Owens at one of his favorite Oregon surfing beaches, Pacific City.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudy-at-pacific-beach.jpgRudy At Pacific BeachRudy Owens at one of his favorite Oregon surfing beaches, Pacific City.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudyowenssandiego.jpgRudy Owens, Pacifc OceanRudy Owens at Moonlight Beach, April 2016https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudy-at-fort-rock.jpgRudy at Fort Rock, OregonRudy at Fort Rock, Oregonhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudy-at-fort-rock-2.jpgDCIM110GOPRODCIM110GOPROhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudy-4-15-larger-2.jpgRudy Owens Self-Portrait April 2015https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudymanzanita2-152.jpgRudy OwensRudy Owens on the Oregon Coast, 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2022.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/christmascards2022.jpgchristmascards20222022-11-26T01:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2022/10/22/can-i-sit-next-to-you/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/screen-shot-2022-10-04-at-10.03.31-pm.pngscreen-shot-2022-10-04-at-10.03.31-pm2022-10-23T00:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2022/08/21/planning-for-the-inevitable-is-not-a-fearful-thing/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/memento-mori-naples-museum.jpgMemento mori. 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(Sculpture in front of the St. Louis Art Museum, taken three weeks before my mother died in early February 2020.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rudy-and-ike.jpgRudy and Ike2022-03-24T00:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2022/03/07/soon-the-masks-come-off/2022-03-08T06:34:26+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2022/02/21/global-health-icon-dr-paul-farmer-touched-a-generation-of-public-health-practitioners/2022-02-26T22:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2021/11/11/i-choose-to-be-the-lion-not-the-lamb/2021-11-16T04:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2021/07/10/the-most-expensive-and-fortunate-car-mishap-of-my-life/2021-07-16T14:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2021/02/12/and-so-a-year-passes/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/remembrance-book-for-maryanne.jpgRemembrance Book for MaryAnne2021-02-13T06:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2020/06/21/reminiscing-on-my-violent-alcoholic-father/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/momdaddetroithome.jpgMomDadDetroitHomeMy adoptive parents in front of their west Detroit home, likely in the late 1950s or early 1960s.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/patrick-stewart-image.jpgPatrick Stewart ImagePatrick Stewart in his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series and film franchise.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/books-with-rock-background.jpgBooks with Rock Backgroundhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/huntington-home.jpgHuntington Homehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rudy-and-d-and-s-fixed.jpgRudy and D and S 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Missourihttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/barb-and-rudy-in-clayton-backyard.jpgAn Innocent Time, Brother and SisterMy sister and I, when we laughed and had few worries as kids2019-02-20T17:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2019/01/24/with-time-we-may-find-greater-meaning/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sebastian-and-rudy-e1548430400934.jpgReconnecting after decadeshttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/faded-flowers.jpgfaded flowers2019-01-25T18:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2016/12/23/what-i-learned-this-year-seeing-a-christmas-carol/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fred-and-scrooge-scene-tnt-199-version.jpgScrooge and FredFred is the only person in A Christmas Carol who defends his uncle, Scrooge.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fred-and-scrooge-from-199-version.jpgScrooge and FredActor Patrick Stewart plays Scrooge and Dominic West plays Scrooge's nephew, Fred, in the 1999 TNT adaptation of A Christmas Carol.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/merry-christmas-uncle.jpgMerry Christmas UncleA scene from the Classical Comics graphic novel interpretation of A Christmas Carol.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/scrooge-alistair-sim-char-007.jpgEbenezer Scrooge ShotActor Alastair Sim in the 1951 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol2018-12-17T06:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2018/11/30/a-stoic-response-to-disasters-in-places-called-home/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/seneca-bust.jpgSeneca busthttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rudy-fb-message-regarding-anchorage-earthquake.jpgRudy FB Message regarding Anchorage Earthquakehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/campfire-from-the-afp-josh-edelson.jpgUS-FIRE-WEATHERA home burns as the Camp fire tears through Paradise, California on November 8, 2018. - More than 18,000 acres have been scorched in a matter of hours burning with it a hospital, a gas station and dozens of homes. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/stranded-car-minnesota.jpgStranded Car MinnesotaThis image was shared globally the morning of the Anchorage earthquake, on Nov. 30.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/seward-highway-damage.jpgSeward Highway damageA shot of the Seward Highway, south of Anchorage, after the temblor. The highway was closed due to landsldes and damage.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ktva-newsroom.jpgKTVA newsroomhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/quake-damage.jpgQuake Damagehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/airport-damage.jpgAirport Damagehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/road-damage.jpgRoad Damagehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/la-times-butte-county-fire.jpgLA Times, Butte County Fire2018-12-03T04:13:12+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2018/10/01/confronting-the-void-with-a-friend/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/markgrosserrudyowens.jpgThe bonds of friendshipTaken in 2014 in southern California during one of the greatest trips of my life.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/reed-shot-with-me-library-1987-3.jpgReed Shot with Me Library 1987-3Rudy Owens, on the far left, and my friend is among this group of students shown here in 1987.2018-10-02T05:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2018/04/30/train-station-lessons-dont-be-the-one-left-in-the-rain/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/rick-and-sam-fleeing-paris-e1525152725682.jpgRick and Sam Fleeing ParisSam and Rick leave Paris without Ilsa, who just moments earlier had broken Rick's heart with farewell letter. And, yes, it has to be raining for such a scene.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/note-to-richard-from-ilsa-casablanca.jpgNote to Richard from Ilsa CasablancaIlsa's goodbye letter to Rick in the 1942 Warner Bros. film Casablanca.2018-05-01T06:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2018/01/05/remembering-my-friend-matt/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/matt-wolf-yearbook-section.jpgMatt Wolf Yearbook ShotMatt and some of our classmates (a good sampling of the diversity of University City High School)https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/matt-wolf-from-high-school.jpgMatt Wolf from High SchoolMatt, my good friend from University City High School2018-01-05T19:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2017/04/14/defining-your-values-to-yourself-and-others/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rudy-on-the-vineyard-1983.jpgRudy on the Vineyard 1983Rudy Owens on Martha's Vineyard, in July 1984, when I worked outdoors. It was a lousy job, but I learned some important things with the crew and with my employer, DeSorcy Contracting.2017-11-18T06:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2017/11/03/the-art-of-war-the-essential-text-for-any-u-s-adoptee/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/slide1.jpgSun Tau Quote on Warriors2017-11-04T03:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2017/09/24/reflecting-on-becoming-a-surfer/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/the-lineup-seaside-9-23-17-2.jpgRiding a Rough Wave, SeadieOne of the A-Team catches a tough wave at Seaside on a relatively calm day at he Oregon Coast in late September 2017.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rudy-and-shark-sign.jpgRudy and Shark Signhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/finnegan-surf-quote-meme-2.jpgFinnegan Surf Quote Meme2017-09-25T05:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2017/08/07/maintaining-balance-in-life-a-daily-practice/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/stone-stack.jpgStacked Stones (Black and White)A scene from Mt. Humbug State Park on the southern Oregon Coasthttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/stone-stacks-color.jpgBalancing Stones (Color)A scene from Mt. Humbug State Park on the southern Oregon Coast2017-08-08T18:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2017/07/07/me-mum-and-the-wisdom-of-time/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rudymom1983.jpgRudyMom1983Taken in August 1983https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rudymom1989.jpgRudyMom1989Taken in June 1989https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rudymom-2009.jpgRudyMom 2009Taken in December 2009https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rudymom-2002.jpgRudyMom 2002Taken in July 2002https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rudymom-2016.jpgMeMum2016Taken in October 2016https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mom-seattle-2012-shakespeare.jpgMom Seattle 2012 ShakespeareMom at a Shakespeare performance in Seward Park, July 2013, Seattle.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mom-seattle-ballard-locks.jpgMom Seattle Ballard LocksMom and the Ballard Locks, July 2012, and one of my favorite portraits I took of her.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mom-wooden-boat-festival.jpgMom Wooden Boat FestivalMom at the Wooden Boat Festival, July 2004.2018-10-01T22:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2017/03/03/twenty-four-terrible-little-hours-in-paris/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/french-riots-of-2005.jpgRace Riots in France in 2005The race riots in France in 2005 that shook the country.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_4977.jpgDeath to TraffickerIndonesia makes clear to all visitors if they smuggle drugs, they likely will be killed by federal law.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/letter-of-apology.jpgletter-of-apologyThis is the so-called apology signed by the French Ambassador to Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), my then representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was better than nothing at all.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/charlesdegaulle-creative-commons-license.jpgcharlesdegaulleCharles de Gaulle Airport (creative commons license from Flickr).https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fake-disney-village-paris-disney.jpgDisny ParisA fake western village in Disney Paris, the prelude to my nasty encounter a day later with Air France private security officials. https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/captain-louis.jpgClaud Rains as the corrupt Captain Louis Renault in Casablanca. Remember, round up the usual suspect.2017-03-04T17:40:14+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2016/10/06/the-art-of-surfing/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/the-art-of-surfing.jpgThe Art of SurfingSurfing is as much an art form as it is a way of life and beautiful sport.2016-10-07T15:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2016/08/15/so-are-you-talking-to-me-asked-the-man-of-the-beautiful-woman/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hello-handsome.jpgHello Handsome, Said Frankenstein to the MonsterHello Handsome. That's what it feels like some times when you encounter Portland's class of beautiful people.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/athleta-beauty-ad.jpgAthleta AdvertisementAthleta, the product line that captures the "beautiful athelete" look in its products makes me think of the women, and also men, I am seeing with great frequency in and around Portland.2016-08-16T17:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2016/04/17/learning-by-the-decades/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rudy-maryanne-rhododenruns.jpgRudy-MaryAnne Rhododenrunshttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rogerandme.jpgrogerandmehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rudypetra.jpgrudypetrahttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rudytaj.jpgRudyTajhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rudy-as-baby.jpgRudy as Baby2016-04-22T04:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2016/02/26/jason-bourne-an-adoptees-search-story-in-disguise/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bourne-is-back.jpgJason Bourne Is BackTo succeed in your journey, you need to be resilient and ready for what you do not expect. Also, you can never just let it be, ever, like Jason Bourne, who comes back in July 2016.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bourne-confesses.jpgJason Bourne ConfessesJason Bourne discovers he is a murderer, and confesses his crime with the daughter of a couple he killed on assignment--his Oedipus Rex moment of truth and catharsis.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bourne-on-the-edge-first-film.jpgJason Bourne Escapes AgainJason Bourne escapes again on his journey of self-knowledge and discovery.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bourne-new-promo.jpgJason Bourne PromoJason Bourne, a man on a mission, to find out who he is--something most adoptees share.2016-02-28T00:59:44+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2016/02/06/some-wisdom-gained-from-years-of-running/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-of-a-fashion-runner.jpgRunner in few clothesIf you dress like this when its freezing, what are you proving to your audience? I am not sure.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tiny-shorts.jpgTiny Running Shorts for GuysI say to guys, really? You like to wear these? Your run, your show.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/asics-gel-kayano-xii-2006.jpgASICS GEL-Kayano 2006The ASICS GEL-Kayano 2006 was perhaps one of the greatest running shoes ever, and then Asics stopped making shoes as good shortly after. Why?https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/athleta-tights.jpgAthleta Running TightsAthleta appeals to the huge fashion segment of the running market with a color display of running gear, like these tights. https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/athleta-running-fashion.jpgAthleta and the Impossibly Beautiful Runners in their Stylish Running Clotheshttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rudy-kendall-katwalk-run-9-2011.jpgRudy Owens Running the Kendall Catwalk, 20112016-02-08T01:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2016/01/30/old-greenlandic-wisdom-on-young-unwise-children/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twogirlskid.jpgtwogirlskidhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sealskintent.jpgsealskintent2016-02-01T18:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/12/26/after-three-decades-and-there-was-nothing/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cliffordsgrave-color.jpgVisiting the HeadstoneThree decades passed before I stood over these bones.2016-01-17T00:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/12/18/the-man-of-steel-an-adult-adoptees-journey-of-discovery/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/reunion-questions.jpgWell, Should I Find Out Who I AmIf you follow the narrative of the Man of Steel, these questions could lead you on a journey that threatens the very fate of the planet earth, or something equally dreaded.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/superman.jpgThe Ultimate Adoptee, SupermanSuperman, the adult adoptee on interplanetary steroids--beloved and feared by many.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/russell-crowe-and-henry-cavill-in-man-of-steel.jpgMAN OF STEELA scene from the Warner Bros. film, Man of Steel, showing Russell Crow as Jor-El, father of Kal-El, aka Clark Kent aka Superman.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/moses-and-arthur.jpgMoses and ArthurThe Haywood Tapestries show King Arthur, a famous adoptee of noble lineage, like Moses, the greatest adoptee of the Bible and the Jewish and Christian traditions.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/the-kents.jpgSuperman's Adoptive Father with his Adoptive Superhero SonIn this scene form the Warner Bros. film the Man of Steel, Kevin Costner's Jonathan Kent talks to the younger Clark Kent, his adopted son from an alien race from the planet Krypton2015-12-18T22:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/12/04/ideals-are-peaceful-history-is-violent/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fury-image-2.jpgBrad Pitt as Don "Wardaddy" CollierAbove is a publicity shot from the WWII combat film Fury, with Brad Pitt.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fury-image.jpgThe Tank Crew in the FIlm FuryAbove is a publicity show of the WWII action film Fury, starring Brad Pitt (2014). 2015-12-05T18:20:22+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/11/02/my-favorite-holiday-and-for-great-reasons/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0079-copy.jpgThanksgiving dinner, 2014My friends prepared a phenomenal Thanksgiving dinner, yet again, in 2014.2015-11-03T06:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/10/13/memorys-slight-of-hand-and-time/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/camden-park-entrance.jpgCamden Park in Huntington, West VirginiaCamden Park Entrance2015-10-14T13:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/09/20/knowing-when-it-is-time-to-make-a-change/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/machete-color.jpgmachete colorhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/birkenauthrow.jpgBIrthenau MementoIn 2002, I tossed a small item, a piece of an electrical transformer I found at the death camp Birkenau, into the Puget Sound, as part of my ritual ending a stage of my creative life. 2015-09-21T04:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/08/28/my-ode-to-my-former-home-alaska/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_5857.jpgRudy Owens, on the Ferry Leaving Haines, AlaskaTaken in August 20102015-08-28T16:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/08/14/who-is-that-kid-in-the-photo/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/from-long-time-ago-3.jpgRwanda MacheteA machete found in the backyard of a home in Rwanda, and also the main tool used in the genocide of 1994.2015-08-18T23:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/07/12/knowing-who-you-are-by-your-work/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/maryanne-photo-book-finals-9-2.jpgMe and my Mom, 1984This is how I looked after a summer of hot work outside.2015-07-14T13:24:55+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/06/12/rising-above-your-workplace-nemeses/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/emperor-and-advisors.jpgA Chinese Emperor and His AdvisorsThe courtier is always closest to the king and emperor and may even wield more power in that position.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/passive-aggressiveimage.jpgManaging Passive-Agressive Colleagueshttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/passive-aggressiveimage.pngPassive Aggressivehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/drudgery-of-work-rivera.jpgDiego Rivera Mural of River Rouge Plant in DearbornThe drudgery of work can be challenging enough without the need to handle challenging personalities you will inevitably encounter, all your life.2015-06-13T17:50:06+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/05/14/a-travel-journal-from-tok-to-whitehorse/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sunset-on-the-alaska-range.jpgSunset on the Alaska Rangehttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/near-white-pass.jpgA scene near White Pass, Alaskahttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tok-welcome-sign.jpgTok Welcome Sign2015-05-15T15:34:37+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/04/10/riddick-this-aint-nothing-new/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/riddick-and-jackal-dog.jpgRiddick And SidekickVin Diesel's character Riddick survives challenge after challenge in the 2013 film of the same name, with his short-lived friend, a jackal-like dog. https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vulture-grab.jpgOpening Scene of Riddick (2013)The 2013 film Riddick opens with a memorable image of a man's single-minded goal to survive anything that comes his way.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/riddick.jpgVin Diesel Is Riddick2015-04-12T23:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/04/07/fast-food-lives-and-fast-food-memories/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/extra-crispy-chicken.jpgThe Colonel's Extra Crispy ChickenI hated, hated cooking this industrial food for this employer. To this day, I cannot eat fried chicken.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/scene-from-1980-kyfry-commercial.jpgScene from 1980 Kentucky Fried Chicken CommercialI wore a hat like that, and apron like that, and likely had my hair even longer, and yes, I used to haul boxes of frozen chicken in and out of the giant freezer to prep the chicken for cooking.2015-04-08T18:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/01/23/the-bastards-of-westeros-and-why-they-fulfill-our-fantasies-the-name-implies/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lawrence-painting.jpgT.E. LawrenceOne of history's most famous bastards, T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tyrion-lannister.jpgTyrion LannisterThe honorary bastard, Tyrion Lannister.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gendry-baratheon.jpgGendry BaratheonThe likable and honest bastard, Gendry Baratheon.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ramsaybolton.pngRamsay BoltonThe sadistic bastard: Ramsay Bolton.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/joffreybaratheon.jpgJoffrey BaratheonJoffrey Baratheon, the evil bastard.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/johnsnow.jpgJon SnowJon Snow, the noble bastard.2015-04-02T05:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/03/12/learning-the-power-of-forgiveness-and-why-it-mattered-the-rest-of-my-life/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mandela.jpgNelson MandelaSource, Forbeshttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lincoln191.jpgAbraham LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln, an ardent practitioner of forgiveness.2015-03-13T15:53:01+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/03/01/the-joys-of-a-new-bicycle/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1510_i-love-bike-480-new.jpg1510_I-Love-BIKE-480-newhttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/spring-biking-4-14-8.jpgMe and My Stradahttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/surly-2.jpgMy new Surly Pacer2015-03-03T00:23:35+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/02/14/the-american-philomena-story-that-is-also-my-own/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/220px-kate_waller_barrett.jpgDr. Kate Waller BarrettDr. Kate Waller Barrret is one of the co-founders of the Florence Crittendon Homes for Unwed Mothers (courtesy of Wikipedia).https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/philomena.jpgPhilomena, the 2013 FilmDame Judi Dench stars as the main character, Philomena Lee, an Irish woman searching for her son giving up for adoption.2018-06-26T01:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/01/17/what-really-matter-are-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/declaration_independence.jpgDeclaration_independence"Declaration independence" by John Trumbull. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Declaration_independence.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Declaration_independence.jpghttps://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/300px-declaration_independence.jpgFounding FathersRadical revolutionaries, America's founding fathers, slaveholders and capitalists, brilliant leaders who sought to create a more perfect union? What story is the one that matters?2015-01-17T22:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/01/12/turning-off-everything-except-your-mind/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bethelchurch.jpgBethel Lutheran Church, University City, Mo.The place where I spent many an hour contemplating things in a quiet, peaceful place--Bethel Lutheran Church.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/stmaryscathedral2.jpgSt. Mary's Cathedral, PortlandSt. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.2015-01-12T05:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/01/04/how-one-very-famous-oz-woman-describes-aussie-men/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/syndney-opera-house.jpgSyndney Opera HouseThe Opera House is the modern symbol of Australia, but the unofficial national anthem celebrates the swagman of which Davidson writes in a 1970s context.2015-01-04T22:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2015/01/03/tribal-loyalties-run-far-and-deep/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lutherstatueconcordia.jpgMartin Luther StatueI took this photo of the Martin Luther statue at Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Mo. I have many ties to this place and to the namesake of the Lutheran church.2023-12-18T11:30:55+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2014/12/23/trusted-by-a-stranger-in-a-strange-town-in-the-middle-of-the-night/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tibetan-refugee-2.jpgTibetan RefugeeThis amazingly beautiful woman is among the many Tibetan refugees I met in India at Dharamsala and Darjeeling, two hill stations.2014-12-27T21:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2014/12/20/the-power-of-redemption-it-never-ever-goes-out-of-style/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/marleys-face.jpgScrooge confronts the ghost of MarleyA scene from the first spirit visiting Scrooge on Christmas Eve.https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/a-christmas-carol-still-patrick-stewart.jpgPatrick Stewart as Ebenezer ScroogeOne of my favorite cinematic renditions of A Christmas Carol stars Patrick Stewart. Here is a photo from the 1999 version for television.2014-12-20T02:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2014/12/17/never-forget-who-you-are-especially-if-you-are-a-bastard/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tyrion-lannister-and-jon-snow-house-lannister.jpgTyrion-Lannister-and-Jon-Snow-house-lannisterThis show, published by web site FanPop, captures one of the best moments of dialogue in the whole bloody saga that is Game of Thrones. I like both characters shown here a lot.2014-12-17T06:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2014/12/16/a-memory-from-the-end-of-the-earth-in-ushuaia-argentina/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sailorschile.jpgsailorschile2025-09-06T10:35:24+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2014/12/14/never-ever-look-undignified-even-when-you-have-nothing/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rwanda-photos.jpgRwanda RefugeeI took this photo of a Rwandan refugee who worked on a bus between Kigali and Kampala. He carried himself with great grace. He was among many who taught me how to project this kind of pride, regardless of the environment.2014-12-14T06:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2014/12/12/there-is-no-more-dangerous-animal-in-the-bush-than-man/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/simba-2.jpgSimba the LionThe lion is less deadly than a man in the bush, according to local wisdom in Uganda.2014-12-12T07:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.com/2014/12/11/lifes-journey-leads-to-many-friendships/https://path2wisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/seven-samurai-shot-5.jpgtwo samurai mourn a loss2014-12-11T15:14:41+00:00monthlyhttps://path2wisdom.comdaily1.02025-12-21T20:40:27+00:00