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Ep 0014 – Pirate Mark, Two Years Before the Mast, Mai Tais, Riding Elephants and other Adventures

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Avast ye mateys! Climb aboard, thar be a pirate episode for ye! Learn why Richard Henry Dana is Mark’s hero, and why Two Years Before the Mast is his favorite book. Discover the best Mai Tais in Dana Point, CA. And why are all these elephant rides happening? Song of the week, Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep 0005 – Home – part 2 of 3 – Solace, Twitter and Bo Bice!

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Part 2 of the Going Home series, all episodes of the series also stand alone. I explain during my morning walk along the shore of Puget Sound how I find solace when the sad parts about coming home surface in my heart. As a Twitter newbie, I’m thrilled when my all-time, favorite singer, Bo Bice, tweets me back! Song of the week Banana Bike by Dot Wiggin Band

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What does the camera see? Laurie’s Adventures with POV and Finding Free Music

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Adventure Challenge: Find some new music at the Free Music Archive and try it out as a soundtrack for walking, cleaning, or just dancing where you are. Have a fun musical mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. Today I was working on next week’s podcast in which I’m going to use bicycle recordings […]

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Ep 0001 – Intro to Daily Adventure Tales and the Couch Potato Challenge

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I launch the Daily Adventure Tales podcast. I share how and why Daily Adventure Tales came to be and why I am qualified to write about adventure. I decide to challenge myself to go hiking at dawn “yikes” instead of sitting on the sofa and planning a TV day.

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Hail No!

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Adventure Question: What kinds of things have given you comfort after a storm? Whatever your answer, have a mini-adventure to do or find some of those things and come back to tell the tale. A few days ago my usual ramble through Descanso Gardens where I explore and find different writing nooks was spectacularly different. […]

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