The Blissful Adventurer – 2012 Blog of the Year

December 18, 2012 by

The Blissful Adventurer - Blog of the Year

The Blissful Adventurer – 2012 Blog of the Year

Imagine my surprise when I clicked on the link from Cara Olsen to her outstanding blog This Little Light and saw she had selected me among a few of her very talented peers as Blog of the Year for 2012. Cara herself had received the honor and as the protocol dictates shared her love and recognition with other writers she admires in the same vein. Cara, as many of my readers already know, is a novelist/blogger of exceptional mettle and integrity. Her work proves one can have faith and a firm grasp of the human condition and that they are not mutually exclusive. To be chosen by such a talented scribe is truly a blessing in these end of 2012 days. Thank you Cara Olsen. You are blessed and blessed with good taste :-) [Read more...]

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A Freshly Pressed Recap – Survival Guide

April 24, 2012 by

Peaceful thoughts as the lights have faded

First of all I must give thanks once again to my amazing followers and WP friends for your support long before the de-facto lottery win last week. Without you I would never have been in a position to have been chosen to be Freshly Pressed.

I also want to welcome again all new followers to The Blissful Adventurer and thank you for your curiosity and interest in this work that I call a career. I hope you will stay with our journey here as we are going to exciting places and sharing the inner workings of Sicily, Bandol in France, Cambodia, Thailand, and more of the wondrous state of Colorado in the coming calendar year. In addition to real life experiences I will always be penning some edgy fiction from each of our destinations including the series on Piedmont, Italy which continues tomorrow. [Read more...]

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A Creative Pause – Monday Morning Meditation

April 23, 2012 by

A stirring week of fortune has left me creatively bankrupt.

I seek home and the familiar places of solace.

Yet it has been some time since I knew this place on a map. [Read more...]

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Haiku Sunday – Day at the Museum (Hipstamatic)

April 22, 2012 by

sun shines brighter than

neon and for a much longer

period of lifetimes

Dear Adventurers and New Readers – On Sundays at TBA we do Haiku. The theme this week is part 2 of my Hipstamatic series in the old drug store. Please enjoy and feel free to share Haiku of your own in the comments.

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Time Capsule – Ancient Drug Store and Soda Fountain (Hipstamatic)

April 21, 2012 by

This was literally one of my greatest days as a photographer. I was invited to join a restaurant developer in Houston last spring to look at a building for sale in a rapidly gentrifying part of town.

I went along hoping to discover a site for a new restaurant and bar; what I found was a living museum.  [Read more...]

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Juliet’s Hisptamatic Tour of Colorado

April 20, 2012 by

Twin Lakes on the way down from Independence Pass

The other and most important half of The Blissful Adventurer team is Juliet Housewright, my talented wife and photographer.

Juliet has a keen eye for design, fashion, and aesthetic which she uses to create compelling images.

Keep in mind that many of these images were taken with an iPhone 3G (including the shot above) which has a relatively poor level of resolution, yet she really documented beautifully our first 6 months living in Colorado.

The Hipstamatic App for iPhone is not for everyone; it does however speak to Juliet and me in our journeys and we are grateful it is such a reasonably priced and easy to use app.

Enjoy the show! [Read more...]

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Freshly Pressed! – Huge Gratitude to the WP Community

April 19, 2012 by

Top Row - In the Middle

I am so thrilled and thank you Susie Lindau for telling me about this. My first (and perhaps only) Freshly Pressed Post

Hong Kong – Hipstamatic Tour

This is the happiest day of my blogging life and thanks to so many of you for helping me to know how this is done. I am simply thrilled to be part of this community and very grateful.

Cheers Bliss Adventurers!

Michael

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