Every year we take horses back into the Wilderness Area in the Big Horn Mountains. The trip involves five hours in the saddle, each way, over an almost nonexistent trail. Fortunately, my horse, Dino, had a pretty steady step and I wasn’t too sore when I got to camp. Very few people ever get to…
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Arrowhead Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
Sitting across the canyon from the Alpine Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park is Arrowhead Lake. This is perhaps the most pristine and visually spectacular place in the park. The problem is how to get there. Without any trails and its location in the cliffs, only a handful of hikers get there each…
A New Way to Train for a Tri
I’ve been running Olympic distance triathlons for more than a decade, and my training was getting a little stale. This past winter, I was thinking about stopping altogether. I was pretty tired of just running, swimming and biking, and I was running out of time to train properly. Before throwing in the towel, however, I…
My Book Wins International Book Award
This morning I was combing through my emails, hurrying to get off responses to Europe before their day ended while deleting the hordes of accumulated spam. I was just ready to hit the delete button when I realized this was an important email the I really should read. At first, I thought it was…
The Symbolism of Wine
When I wrote The Vintage Club, I wanted to have the reader think about wine a little bit differently. After reading the book, I hoped that whenever someone picked up a glass of wine and gave it a gentle swirl, they would think of it as something more than an enjoyable beverage. I ran across…
Learning History From Art
Every now and then you run across something and say you wish you’d discovered that years ago. That’s what happened to me when I discovered a really remarkable book. It’s entitled, “A History of The World in 100 Objects”. The book is written by Neil MacGregor who is the director of the British Museum. What…
What’s It About?
I just received from my editor the manuscript for my second novel. The most common question I get as an author is: What is your book about? This is a vastly different question than what is the plot. However, most people want to hear about the plot before deciding to read the book, rather than…
Goodreads Giveaway is Back!
With nearly a thousand entries last time, I thought I’d repeat the Goodreads Giveaway. If you’d like to enter for a free, signed copy of The Vintage Club, here’s how to enter. And, don’t forget to take a look at my new book trailer. Goodreads Book Giveaway The Vintage Club by Darin Gibby Giveaway ends…
My Video Trailer is Finished!
My video trailer for The Vintage Club just arrived. . Let me know what you think. I thought the production company did a great job and captured the heart of the book. In the next day or two, I’ll have it running on my web site and posted on all my social media sites.
Congratulations to the Winners
The winners of the Goodreads giveaway for my book Why Has America Stopped Inventing? were announced this morning. A total of 833 readers entered to win. Congratulations to the winners. Your books will be in the mail shortly.