Welcome to On Beyond Blue. Thank you for joining me. This web site started out as a place for me to explore movement beyond a vibrant career in law enforcement and help other first responders and veterans do the same. It became a place to talk about wellness issues with first responders and veterans and is now a place to share adventures we’ve had in retirement too.

I will refrain from any political discussions here and stick to my topics of choice. As you read and enjoy the photographs, please note that all photographs on the web site are mine unless otherwise noted.

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Lastly, a disclaimer: I am no doctor, lawyer, therapist or health care professional. If you read something here that seems like a suggestion, research it first and vet it through a certified professional in the appropriate field. My musings and suggestions are just that. Musings and suggestions…and it is my hope that they can point people in the right direction who need them and entertain those who don’t.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. Theodore Roosevelt 1910