neither Officer nor Gentleman

Diana and Doug Davis hosted me (again) in beautiful Port Townsend, Washington. THANKS. 🙂

You know the town from the film An Officer and a Gentleman.

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.

Port Townsend still looks the same as that, released 1982. It’s historically preserved.

post office

The Gymnastics club operates out of the old Post Office.

Port Townsend house

Port Townsend attracts plenty of tourists.

lighthouse

Port Townsend view

see more photos on flickr

Ron Shewchuk – New York, New York

Ron’s presenting, once again, at the International Business Communicator’s Conference.

June 23-26th, 2013.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I’m booking my travel.

Who’d miss this? 🙂

Kelley Durbin-Williams

My friend Kelley is competing in fitness competitions.

Kelley

I accused her of stealing the abs I lost 35 years ago.

… Truth is, I never had those abs. 🙂

She’s on the popular ViSalus Body By Vi program.

Message Kelley on Facebook if you want to know more.

Colin Lorback gone walkabout

My old friend Colin, many years at University of Winnipeg, returned to his burned or burnt country of Australia for retirement.

March 4th, 2013 he said goodbye to his 93yr-old Mom and jumped into his used 19 foot pop top Caravan. It has a 3-burner gas cooktop and gas gorilla, built-in fridge, a roof mounted air conditioner

He (and friends at times) are on the road in Aussie for a year.

Colin L

Follow Colin on his blog

ColStrip

your life story in print – $1350

Anne Farries will interview you — or more likely one of your parents or grandparents — and write up a biography. And print 6 copies.

Great idea. 🙂

confidentialinquiries (a) farriesbiographies.ca
1-855-756-9185

Details on her new website – FarriesBiographies.ca

Farries

I see she’s already got the cover photo for my own life story. 🙂

Mike Sissons artwork

My old friend is an artist and art teacher.

Right now he’s working on art for a new book called In Retrospect by Ellen Larson.

… In the year 3324 the Rasakans have attacked the technologically superior Oku. The war is a stalemate until the Oku commander, General Zane, abruptly surrenders. …

ellen_cover

Actually, that’s just the working cover.

Final art and animation are still in the works.

Sissons

Ellen’s trying to get the writing funded through Kickstarter – $3000 goal.

Rick at Great West Gym Fest

I’m proud to have been a part of Dave Adlard’s Great West Gym Fest, easily the best gymnastics competition I know.

Again for 2013 I was responsible for website – GreatWestGymFest.com – and social media.

Most of each day you’d find me wandering the gym with cameras.

Rick at GWGF

Our Facebook page was very active. But our Twitter feed nearly dead. It’s not caught on yet amongst gymnasts in the Pacific N.W.

Our best photos are posted on flickr. Most were taken by Victoria.

march in

double back Bars

Photographer Victoria with triple Olympian John Roethlisberger
Photographer Victoria with triple Olympian John Roethlisberger

I posted a number of videos, the best of which is my entry into a new contest.

The Great West Gym Fest is AWESOME.

Click PLAY or watch a promo video on YouTube.

If that video on Facebook gets the most LIKES by midnight March 24th, 2013, I’ll win $500. … And if yours is the deciding LIKE, I’ll split half with YOU.

Promise. 🙂