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Finished reading The Dip. Main idea: If you compete, only aim to be the best. Not just better than most. But first ask if you have the time, talent, resources, and focus to get through the dip. If not, quit and be the best elsewhere. If you do, commit and push through! The rewards are are huge. 📚
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Day 3 Strada Easel Challenge - Tucson mountains. My first plein air of a sunset. Can’t wait to try again.
Watercolor painting of a sunset with the used paints and brush nearby.
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Day 2 Strada Easel Challenge
A watercolor painting shows an orange on a table with colorful leaves floating above it. A watercolor painting of an orange sits next to a real orange, a partially used paint palette, and crumpled paper towels on a wood table.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Finished reading: In the Hands of the People by Jon Meacham 📚
January 4, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Day 1 Strada Easel Challenge.
Watercolor painting of a latern with the latent nearby and an artists watercolor palette and brush with the colors mixed as used in the painting. Watercolor painting of a lantern with a blue background.
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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A vibrant mural featuring a retro sign reading "Voted the Coolest in TUCSON" alongside colorful artwork of a person holding an Italian Ice.
August 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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List of plants on a whiteboard under the heading to plant. The whiteboard is surrounded by plants.
May 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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A statue of an astronaut holding a flag stands outside a colorful building with a sign reading "Americana Motor Hotel."
March 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Rose of clouds with patches of blue sky is above a landscape of sparse palo verde trees and bushes.
February 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Is understanding this paragraph part of the test? 🤨
February 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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🎨 So proud of my wife! Check out all these paintings Della did last month. Big images and sale links at dellachelpka.art. Follow her on socials @dellachelpka.art
February 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Girls Chorus performed Mahler’s 3rd Symphony there last night.
January 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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A former limousine truck painted with the American flag design is parked and decaying in a desert landscape. A cutoff telephone poll stands nearby.
January 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Beautiful tomatoes.
A variety of colorful tomatoes at the grocery store.
January 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Out in beautiful Avra Valley.
A dirt road leads into a desert landscape with a full moon in the sky and mountains in the background with a pink and blue sky.
November 15, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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Tucson Louie
A large statue of a lumberjack holding an axe stands on a street corner at night.
November 3, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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A big gopher snake getting warm.
A gopher snake warms itself on the street.
September 25, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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A wooden sculpture of Yoda stands next to a tree trunk and on a porch.
September 4, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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Sunset at the Cortaro Equestrian Center.
A group of horses stand in a fenced dirt area near a trough filled with algae-covered water, power lines and mountains are visible in the background at sunset.
August 14, 2024 at 6:40 AM
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A simple chapel with a red roof stands among saguaros and lush greenery in a rugged desert landscape and under a cloudy sky.
August 9, 2024 at 5:52 AM
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🌈 Did you know you can report rainbows in the iOS weather app?
July 17, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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Days away from leaving the nest, these two braved Sunday’s storm.
Two, young doves sitting in a nest, surrounded by the branches and leaves of a grapevine. The sky is visible through the foliage.
July 17, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Paul, Envoy Extraordinary by Malcolm Muggridge and Alec Vidler
July 9, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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📸 Day 15 of 30 | small
A small toy of Darth Vader but styled with an extra big head like a baby.
April 16, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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📸 Day 13 of 30 | page

Looking at John Owen’s commentary on Hebrews to prepare for tonights’s sermon on Hebrews 11v30-31.
A page of book with a spiral notebook underneath and a Bible in the background.
April 14, 2024 at 10:55 PM