Weekly Update: Jan 3, 2018

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Three days into the new year, and so far, so good! I ushered in the New Year at a quiet campground in New Mexico. How quiet? No fireworks, no loud parties, just a big old moon (and later, Orion overhead) to usher in 2018. It was lovely. Wednesday and Thursday nights: Plomosa BLM, Quartzsite AZ was a beautiful stop and pretty well deserted the last few days of 2017. That’s my tiny trailer with no one around me for at least a quarter-mile 🙂 I was fighting back a cold so two days of desert air with lots of sleep…

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Sunday Serenity: End and Begin Again

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In my photo group (52 Frames, which, by the way, is a great way to practice photography), this week’s theme has been Endings, as is appropriate for the last challenge of the year. It got me to thinking about endings, and beginnings, and how we let go of things, or hold on to them. Every time I move on, I leave people behind. Sometimes it feels like all I’m doing is creating endings, even though I know each ending is also a new beginning. Life is change: my goal is to stretch myself, explore the world around me, and learn…

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Weekly Update: Dec 27, 2017

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Wow, last update of 2017, and, as might be expected, it’s full of family and friends and all good things of the holiday season. Hung out with friends in Pasadena, met the new baby, who is, of course, totally adorable (honorary aunthood confirmed), and even had a little birthday party for mom-to-be (who’s due any day now!). Hung out with nephew and wife and two kids with pizza in Fontana, remembered that three year olds never stop moving and mostly run everywhere! Saw The Last Jedi in 3D with a recliner seat. Two thumbs up! No spoilers. Saturday was the…

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Merry Christmas!

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In lieu of cards or presents, here’s my Christmas greetings to you… From sunrise… to sunset… May you have peace and may that bring you happiness.   The holiest of holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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2017 Year End: Bucket List Items

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In my first full year of full-timing, I didn’t go after bucket list items with much focus, so I’m pleasantly surprised by how many of them I’ve been able to check off my list. First up, the National Parks and Monuments and Historic Places, all run by the National Park Service, which does an amazing job of preserving our open spaces, sharing our history, and giving us places to think as we face the future. This year, I checked off Joshua Tree in California, Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands in New Mexico, Big Bend in Texas, Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, and…

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