boys will be boys

When they see salt on the ground,

they will pick it up and proceed to...

you guessed it: put it in their mouth.

Sometimes off the bottom of their shoe.

Jagged rocks? No problem.

Harvest is easy with dirty fingers. Every time you ask if anyone would like Purell, they will impolitely refuse. "Who uses that stuff anyway?"

Although their faces give it away, they'll feign delight and try to pressure you into joining them. "Come on, you gotta try it! When else are you going to do this?" 

Possibly never, boys. Probably never.

dante's view

Sometimes we need to get away, to a place where we are minimized - quite literally. We need to be reminded how small we are. Take our eyes off ourselves, our problems, our fears, our pain, shifting our attention instead to the world - to those around us, their issues, their needs, and how we can be the answer.

How we blend in with the tiniest of rocks pebbles in the big picture of mountain ranges. 

Even the vehicles that transport us from A to B, prove our 'worth' as status symbols, and can kill us when maneuvered carelessly are nothing but little speckles. Specklettes? ¡Speckelitos! Okay I'm done.

sneak peek parte dos

There's no chronology here. Just a jumble of belated photos. Today, we continue the preview of #ontheroadwithdumbanddumber.

the tale of dumb and dumber

a snapshot from a weekender to Death Valley National Park featuring

Dumb and Dumber

"I have sand in my mouth," Dumb said.

"It's all over your hair too," replied Dumber.

No, they weren't playing in a sandbox. They actually

rolled down a hill at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. Multiple times.

Ladies and gentlemen, the future of U.S. military, Andrew Hanuk Choi. Infantry officer by uniform, sand bender by hobby.

"That was so fun, I'm going to do it backwards this time."