These photos are from a unique and special time. It was the golden era of television. Back then, TV only aired on three channels ABC, CBS, and NBC. When people planned to appear on national television, they traveled to New York or Los Angeles, although there [...]
When I look back on my life for memorable moments, exciting flashbacks come flooding in. One such moment stands out above all the rest in my career before a camera. It was the day on the Snake River in Wyoming when I interviewed President Ronald [...]
For someone who did not like to read and write, life has really changed. When I was called in high school to the counselor’s office after taking an aptitude test, my counselor told me not to go on to college, because I did not have the [...]
In high school, I took an aptitude test in the tenth grade. When the score returned, the school counselor called me into the office. I remember her asking me what I planned to do after high school. I stood tall and said, "I am going to [...]
I learned from a sightless eighty-two-year-old man on the top of the Great Wall of China that the biggest adventure in life is to follow our dreams! For the past seven years, I have been a tour director for people traveling to China. In a recent [...]
On June 4, 1975, I made a 13-minute appearance on NBC’s Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. It was an experience that changed my life. You may wonder how such a brief experience changed my life. It brought incredible opportunities to meet people and be in the [...]
My fondness for outdoor cooking, which has always been vivid in my memory, began when I was a very young child. My father was a forest ranger in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in the mountains of southern Utah. I loved to accompany him when [...]
The one thing that you can count on in the TV world is change. Shows come and go with ratings. This year in Salt Lake City , a new morning magazine show appeared. Dean Paynter, the news director at KJZZ-TV, decided to put together a [...]
Dian Thomas was blessed with the good fortune to be born and raised in breathtaking southern Utah where her father was a forest ranger. Dian’s family gave her the opportunity to learn camping activities, outdoor cooking techniques and many other skills for creating fun over [...]
I was blessed to have the opportunity to work on TV in the golden age of Television when there were three main stations, NBC, ABC, and CBS. I wrote a book called Roughing it Easy that was released in 1974. It was March 28 when I went [...]
Adventure is Dian’s middle name, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to glean ideas that will pay everyday dividends. Keep-up-to date on the latest of Dian’s creations, travels, outdoor adventures, and fun and creative ideas to do with your family.
