Back in September, my husband and I agreed to try and spend one weekend outdoors, car camping, each month until…
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- Books
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- Challenge
- Chicago
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- Daily Journal
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- Fool
- Goals
- Grief
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- Hockey
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- Nominee Project
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- the stroke
- Travel
- Upper Country Singers
- Video
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- Whine
- Wilderness
- Work
- Writing
State of the 2020 Solo Book
I’m a bit late in writing up my solo trip this year. I’ve started later than this once before, and…
Continue ReadingSkillern September 2020 Day 2
We slept in. I didn’t set an alarm or anything. The plan was just to get up when we got…
Continue ReadingThe Little Victories – or – Not Today, Satan
The other night, I was lying down to sleep. I was all set. My night time routine had been completed,…
Continue ReadingSkillern September 2020 Day 1
For a few years now, a co-worker and I had been talking about taking a backpacking trip together. She had…
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I’m not sure what I want to write about today. I’ve been feeling under the weather this past week; no…
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Starting out from Dry Saddle, heading south. Just a light touch of haze in the morning. More water along the…
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I bought a guitar. This is actually the first guitar I have owned, but not the first time that I’ve…
Continue ReadingChamberlain Basin August 2020 Day 8
I woke up at the alarm. The morning was cool, but not cold. I started getting dressed, and didn’t notice…
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When something is a part of your life, every day for decades, it feels very different when you stop doing…
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