Author Archives: Rick Gilbert

A Favorite Portrait

Open Air Marketplace Seller, Grenoble, France, 1968

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Politics At The High School Reunion

Clearly, I Just Don’t Get It At our class reunion, I ran into an old [...]

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Happy Halloween

Special thanks to Nesrene O’Connell

Lies, Lies, and Conspiracy Theories

Lies, Lies and Conspiracy Theories    The first big lie is Santa Claus. Then come the [...]

Frozen Peas and Chardonnay

Hard day at work. You come home to an empty house. You are on your [...]

A Beautiful Wisconsin Wedding

Mary officiated and I tagged along at the wedding of Alex Sequin and Kristen Vieth. [...]

Huckabee Sanders; A Communication Train Wreck

The current White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, may be stronger than Sean Spicer [...]

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Keys to a Great High School Reunion

• Family style dinner • Slideshow • Email survey • Report on email survey • [...]

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Rex and Donald

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Las Vegas and the NRA

I’m sure you agree with me that we should own as much firepower and ammo [...]

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Wilderness Makes You A Better Person

During my recent five day stay at Echo Lake (near Tahoe), I got a chance [...]

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Herbie Hancock: Magic Moment at Monterey Jazz Festival

Jazz education takes front and center every year at the Monterey Jazz Festival. This year [...]

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How Democrats Use Their Penises To Change World History

No question in my mind that if Bill Clinton had not had blow jobs from Monica [...]

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Harvey, Irma, FEMA, and Jesus

Hey you senators, governors, and mayors of the cities and states of Texas, Louisiana, Florida… [...]

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Stories of Love and Passion

Roots / Risk / Community / Legacy If I invited you to share the stories [...]

Love Jazz Piano? Meet Taylor Eigsti.

Menlo Park native and two-time Grammy nominated Taylor Eigsti was featured again this year at [...]

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Desolation Wilderness: Get Out Here!

Last week, I spent five days at Echo Lake and in Desolation Wilderness. On a [...]

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Speling Erors.

Deer Reeder. If you half been reeding this blog for any time at all, you [...]

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VHS Cassette Tape Furniture Update

In prior blogs, you may have noted that I’ve been turning my old VHS cassette [...]

Kenneth C. Frazier Gets Coveted John Lopez Award

Let ‘er Rip Productions is proud to announce that Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals [...]

High School Reunion vs. Family Reunion

The day after Mary McGlynn’s family reunion, August 4th., 2017, her high school class got [...]

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Chihuly Garden Images / Seattle

Glass flowers with Space Needle                     [...]

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