Author Archives: Ron Giesecke

Chuck Taylors, ukuleles, and my own sanity.

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I really wish I was a one-note samba.  I mean it.  I wish I had one ability, one passion, one benevolent, artistic master to which I paid supplication and deference. But that isn’t me.  One minute I’m a blogger.  The … Continue reading →

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My favorite guitar solo of all time

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Growing up in a varied and independent pentecostal/charismatic circle of spiritual youth-rearing had many cool side-effects.  Not the least of which was the ability to pursue music that was loud, melodic and passionate. At age thirteen, I bought my first … Continue reading →

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Finally, the step out . . .

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I have this friend named Stu, who told me his conversations go like this: “I’m headed to work today. Can’t wait to get there.” “Why, what are you going to do?” “Play Ukulele all day, and you?” This doesn’t necessarily … Continue reading →

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Get to history class with Doctor Who! And DON’T be TARDIS!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

As parents who took the active and on-purpose step of homeschooling their children, one becomes acutely aware of the creative permutations available in the process; there are brilliant thinkers out there, finding ways to hack the process into something far … Continue reading →

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A Half Dome primer (if you’re going)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

One thing is for certain.  Googling about hiking to Half Dome bears little resemblance to being there.  Another thing is for certain: that previous assertion cannot be made into anything more banal than it already is. Banality, however, does not … Continue reading →

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Made it.

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Nuff, said . . . I present: Half Dome.   Off to play with Eric Martin.  Novato.

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Yosemite, Half Dome and other rock giants

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Off to presumably scale Half Dome tomorrow. Then, on saturday night, I’m sitting in on an acoustic show with Mr. Big lead singer, Eric Martin for a couple of songs. Apparently he likes the undiluted gravitas, star power and overall … Continue reading →

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Comments, re-blogging, and the gratuitous traffic grab

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Any engaged writer that has ever sat and Googled “How can increase my blog traffic” soon realized:  the sites you are sent to did the same thing once and figured out that making a blog about increasing web traffic does … Continue reading →

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Exercise: The six-word horror story

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

A while back, I saw a favorite blogger of mine–someone who does what’s called an “overnight thread” make a brief pass at this subject.  It was an exercise such as this one in which a full story arc can be … Continue reading →

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Robin Williams: The eyes had it.

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

There was always something about Robin Williams–something intangibly lurking behind the eyes that betrayed a sadness in direct disproportion to the joys he conjured in others. His face would smile, but his eyes–the EYES. They were different. They told of … Continue reading →

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