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Day 8, in Which I Walked through the Valley of Death
It is a hauntingly beautiful place.
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Finely (Finally) Finished Fun
It took a pandemic to get us off our behinds.
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Mountainous Molehills
I have to admit that moles fascinate me.
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Sometimes It’s the Big Things
Don’t ever take it for granted.
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The Sonoran Desert: Here There Be Thorns
Ah, but it’s a dry heat.
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Scary Nature
Anyone who watches PBS even sporadically knows that the early Europeans who settled the Americas were downright terrified of the natural world. At first their settlements clung to shorelines and they kept the dense forests, full of unknown creatures and other, incomprehensible humans, to their backs, behind fortifications whenever possible. Swamps, deserts, and high mountain…
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Topographical Introversion
I’m about as introverted as a person can be without curling into a little ball and crawling back inside my mother’s womb. I love to read. Most of the time I’m quite content to be by myself. And while I long for two or three friends in this new city of mine, if I had…
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My Jacksonville to Seattle Odyssey—Part 2
It was really hard saying goodbye to my sister this morning. I don’t know why. It’s not like we’ll lose touch. But it was kind of comforting, knowing she only lived 4 hours away. And I probably won’t see her for a year and a half. So it was hard. Still, off I went, just…
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My Dream House
As I look at one scummy rental house after another in my effort to relocate, I long to be a homeowner again. I don’t need much. Square footage is not a big issue for me. Perhaps due to my Danish roots, I’m much more into warm and cozy. I want the kind of house you…
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Two Short Steps Away from my Life’s Dream
Wow! The other day I wrote a blog entry asking for a reader from Greenland, as that was one country I had yet to hear from. And within 14 hours, I got one! That left me marveling at the power of the internet and this blog. I mean, that country doesn’t even have a total…