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That Freshly Foreign Feeling
The musical cadence of Italian voices echoing down the canal lulled me to sleep.
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The Places You Go for the People You Love
Everywhere you’ve been has value.
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Kilauea Iki: Walking on a Lava Lake
“What a great adventure!”
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Sightseeing in Your Town
Why do we think the only sights worth seeing are far away?
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Geocaching
It’s fun, being in on a secret.
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Where’s Your Sense of Adventure?
Where does it reside?
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Architectural Salvage Yards
“Hey, where was that place that you got all the cool used doors and grates and glass blocks for the house you used to own here in Jacksonville?” He asked. “Burkhalters,” I replied, and a tsunami of nostalgia washed over me. I absolutely love salvage yards. I don’t know why more people don’t take advantage…
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Changing My Trajectory
As many of you know, I’ve been house hunting lately. I’m dreading the whole packing and moving thing, but it’s nice to think that my next move might just be my last. But who knows what the future holds? That’s the exciting part. By moving, I’ll be changing my trajectory in life. I’ll be shopping…
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My Magical European Summer
Recently, I came across a diary that I wrote when I was 19, and I read it for the first time since I wrote it. That summer was the high point of my life. (So far, at least. Who knows what the future holds.) I was traveling through Europe, and I was falling in love.…
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Fascinating
It always surprises me when other people aren’t equally engrossed by the things that I find interesting. I have no idea why that is. You’d think I’d have learned by now. But how can you not enjoy a really good book or a well done PBS documentary? How can you not loose entire afternoons when…