Ambrose and I are trying to get out together almost every weekend in June. The one we aren’t going to…
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Now that we knew when the sun would hit our little campsite, we didn’t even try to wake up before…
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While we weren’t in a hurry this morning, we did have a plan. After breakfast, we were going to climb…
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The morning did not get off to a great start. I didn’t sleep well, and woke up reluctantly at the…
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The weekend was supposed to be rainy, and that was actually good news for us. When there’s rain in the…
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The week before, I had been sick, so I got to sit by the river and bathe in the sounds…
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When I got back from my travels, I came down with a sinus infection. This was not entirely unexpected, since…
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I recently visited the house where I grew up. For now, my dad is still living there, so I was…
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Last Sunday I prepared an omelet for my husband that was so delicious the first thing he told me after…
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I made an accidental cooking discovery on Sunday. I’ve been cooking omelets with a nice, fancy omelet pan for a…
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