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Eric Vance Walton
@ericvancewalton
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Write. Save. Travel. Repeat.
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Coming September 4: A New Chapter
I’m thrilled to share with you all that the release of my new book Walking With the Muse: A Collection of Short Stories is scheduled for September 4! After months of curating the stories, making revisions,
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Cautiously Optimistic
The crypto markets have seen some pretty impressive gains in the last few days (by today's standards anyway) and I see so many of the crypto-influencers on social media being swept away in the euphoria.
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Thanks for the Memories
I’ve been thinking a whole lot lately about how fast time passes. Except for a few very minor aches and pains I feel the same as I did when I was in my twenties—which I’m very grateful for. My spirit and
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Basilicas, Glitches, and Dive Bars
The older I get the more I seem to be fascinated by basilicas and cathedrals. I think it's just a profound sense of respect and awe of the people, sometimes many hundreds of years ago, who built these
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DIY-Retirement
Since moving into our home in October of 2024 we’ve had to replace nearly every major mechanical thing in the house. The first thing to go was the furnace. Then the hot-water heater failed. That first
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People Really Do Choose a Book by Its Cover
The last few days have been crunch-time for me—it’s been hectic but highly productive. Interior proofing for the new book, done. Final approval on the book cover, complete. Next comes the uploading process
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Morning People
I’ve come to realize there are two kinds of people in this world. There are morning people and everyone else. For most of my adult life I worked jobs with early shifts, so my average wake-up time was probably
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In Memory of Jackie: Lessons from a Nest High Above Big Bear Valley
My wife and I have been watching the Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) YouTube channel religiously for years. In those years we’ve had a front-row seat to what few humans prior to that have had the privilege
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embarrassing
As I’ve been doing the final proof of my manuscript for Walking With the Muse these past few days I’ve been shocked at how many little typos made it through multiple rounds of proofing and different sets
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Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
Some of you might be familiar with the term Third-Places. This term was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to informal public gathering spots outside the home (“first place”) and work (“second
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Pessimism, Paranoia, or Something Worse?
The recent Coldcard wallet hack is super concerning, to be sure. It was a sad day for crypto and I feel horrible for those who lost money using a product they were led to believe was safe. What is even
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Trusting the Process
I received the first draft of the layout for my next book, Walking with the Muse, yesterday from the book designer, Lubosh Cech. There’s nothing quite like the process of seeing your book being born
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A Fun Ending to a Completely Unexpected Experience
My wife and I went to see a show the other night at one of our favorite Twin Cities’ venues, The Dakota Jazz Club. I have sort of a love/hate relationship with this place because it spoils you. When you
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We Were Part of Something So Freaking Amazing
It’s been an interesting past few days in the crypto-world. The BitMex and BitMart exchanges have both recently announced they’re winding down. There are now reports of frozen withdrawals on BitMart—which
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Midsummer Reflections
If we’re paying attention, life begins to reveal little (and sometimes LARGE) lessons to us as we’re traveling down our individual paths. Within the past few years I’ve learned that how a person perceives
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A Hundred Small Weathers
Sequestered in a corner that keeps folding into other corners, I lose myself in thoughts that no longer belong to me. They have surrendered to the wallpaper and to the ether, breathing slow botanical patterns
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Too Much Past and Not Enough Presence
The raging wildfires and the air quality fiasco that’s followed in this part of the world got me thinking about how bad the quality of the air was for us every single day in the 1970s. Back when I was
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The Bag, The Boots, The Whole Damn Philosophy
Look, I've spent enough of my life hauling gear through customs lines and stumbling, jet-lagged, down narrow foreign streets to know a few things. One of them is this: most of what we own today is garbage.
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How Much Are 1.8 Million Reads Worth?
Morale has been at an all time low here on Hive lately and I realize when token prices and engagement are low it’s sometimes tough to muster enthusiasm. But recently I had a wake up call that had a way
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And Now, We Wait
The manuscript for my upcoming book, Walking With The Muse has officially been handed off to the book designer today! These past few weeks have been wonderfully tiring. It’s been a joy sifting through
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