During my long walk on Sunday I ended up making a last minute route change. I had planned on walking…
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The first rays of sunshine hitting the tooth. We got up promptly at 6. Today was a day with a…
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Okay. I gave football a real try. I learned the rules. I learned player names and even coach names. I…
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Good morning Johnson Lake! Although I hadn’t seen them myself, Ambrose did report that the chipmunk was not our only…
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This August my husband and I traveled to South Carolina to visit with his parents. The day after we arrived…
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Recently my boss asked me why my husband and I stop our backpacking season after Labor Day. There are a…
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I have a tendency to obsess over meaning. When I speak with other people, I tend to over analyze what…
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Ambrose and I have discovered that there’s something strangely uplifting about eating dessert for breakfast. It’s not a burden to…
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I’m not a serious athlete. I have no goals to become a professional athlete, but like many other people who…
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Ambrose woke me around 8am on Saturday. We were at the Kennally Creek Campground, which was not where we had…
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