John Beck

@jbeck4004

Peggy's husband, C & L's dad, hard-core cyclist, software engineer, Jesus follower, student of US politics, very amateur photographer

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John Beck@jbeck4004· 28d

Standing on a 5-meter high sea wall but the splash height is up to 10 meters #KonaCoast

John Beck@jbeck4004· May 11

Photo of me, on my road bike, descending a hill on the California side of Lake Tahoe, near Emerald Bay, that was taken during America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride in 2024. My wife had it framed and gave it to me as a Christmas present. (Best action photo of me ever.)

photo of me on a road bike, descending a hill, with a two-lane road and some vegetation in the background

John Beck@jbeck4004· May 11

Cloth map of Indonesia that my grandparents bought on a visit there maybe 50 years ago, which they left to me

cloth map of Indonesia amid floral designs

John Beck@jbeck4004· May 11

A latch-hook rug that I made in 1991.

latch-hook rug of a tiger amid green leaves, mounted on a wood-panel wall

John Beck@jbeck4004· Apr 10

I go for a long hike in the Santa Cruz Mountains almost every Thursday. The hills & trees are so beautiful that I’m looking up most of the time. But occasionally I need to remember to look down. #photography #landscape #nature

snake (~1m long, 4-5cm wide) slithering across a dirt trail

John Beck@jbeck4004· Apr 8

Thank you MAGA dipshits

Gas receipt: 18.82 gallons * $5.419 = $101.99

John Beck@jbeck4004· Mar 28

Great turnout for the #NoKings march in San Jose today! Got to meet @schiff.senate.gov (who was very friendly & down to earth).

Favorite protest sign I saw today: Jesus face-palming, caption OMG that’s not what I said

John Beck@jbeck4004· Mar 13

I stopped wearing a watch the summer of 1990, as an experiment too see how long it would take my tan line to fade. It did by end of summer, but then I noticed I was less uptight. So I never went back. But I still think watches look cool, so I’m participating in this thread. 😁

John Beck@jbeck4004· Feb 18

Dry lake bed with mountains holding back clouds, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park #nature #bluesky #landscape #photography

dry lake bed, mountains behind, with clouds sitting on top them, all in front of a blue sky

John Beck@jbeck4004· Feb 10

Spring has sprung in the Santa Cruz Mountains (near San Jose, CA, USA). Five days ago this tree (and most of its neighbors) had colorless buds. #nature #photography #landscape #bluesky

tree with lots of small green leaves, against a mostly green background of grass and other trees, with a blue sky behind with a few clouds

John Beck@jbeck4004· Jan 25

RIP

John Beck@jbeck4004· Dec 22

Went hiking in the rain yesterday, and enjoyed the layers of fog in the Santa Cruz Mountains. #landscape #photography #nature

Overhanging oak leaves in the foreground, with rain falling over a green hillside beyond, and grass, bushes and a wet hiking trail in between

several ridges of tree-strewn green hills, each progressively more shrouded in fog from front to back

John Beck@jbeck4004· Nov 25

Hiking a bit behind these two gals, when suddenly the light broke thru #nature #photography #landscape

Two women riding on horseback up a wide trail thru a forest (in California's Santa Cruz Mountains), with beams of sunlight breaking thru the trees and shining on them

John Beck@jbeck4004· Nov 23

I’ve conquered my past The future is here at last I stand at the entrance To a new world I can see The ruins to the right of me Will soon have lost sight of me Love rescue me

John Beck@jbeck4004· Nov 18

He is the very model of a modern major criminal Serpentine morality, bravery subliminal His brain is like a vegetable, his heart some kind of mineral And when he goes our sadness will be absolutely minimal