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heartless, or . . . ?
I was being compulsive. Again. I’ve told you I’m a clean freak, right? Well, I am, and today it was about my car. I’d just gotten it washed after my trip to San Francisco (more on that later), and now,...
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searching for the here and now
South Lake Tahoe I’m in Tahoe this weekend. Lake Tahoe is about an hour from my hometown and an hour and a half from where I currently live. It’s a lovely place, famous for its natural beauty. Just...
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why i love travel
One pedal, then the other. Over and over and over again. Almost there. Just me and the road, and . . . That old guy who just flew past me. Seriously? . . . . . . He was pushing a much lower gear. I...
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oh, taiwan
Seriously? The heat pummeled me as I stepped into the garage. What is this? The Sahara? . . . . . . I might actually have to get a gym membership if this keeps up. I was headed out on my bike. It was...
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what the world needs
All of the inspiration I need is in the stars. I went running tonight, as usual. It’s been too hot to run during the day recently, and I like running beneath the stars best, anyway. If there is one...
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i love . . . me?
Flower girl at about age 4 So, I’m in line at Costco the other day, and I’m watching people, like I always do. I’m seeing them come and go, and talk and laugh, and argue, and yell at their kids, and...
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can you feel the love?
After my last Friday post, someone asked why Taiwan had been so influential. And I said, “How couldn’t it have?” The following is one of thousands of illustrations of just how “different” a world this...
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where does the thunder go?
.. .. We’re on our boat and it’s Labor Day. No one’s out because it’s stormy, and we like it this way. The lake is ours. With the wind in my face, and the rain to my back, I pretend I’m alone. I am...
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the truth behind travel
While on my trip a dear friend from high school posted this photo on my facebook page: “I think you’ve been satisfying this need for a couple of weeks now,” he said. And I wondered: Was it true? I’ve...
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a simple life
A home overlooking Lake Folsom in El Dorado Hills It’s a simple life, an easy life, in El Dorado Hills. Where cookie-cutter houses sit, on cookie-cutter hills. Where all the people drive to work in...
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it’s a hard knock life
I’m walking to my car in a Raley’s parking lot. It’s about 6 p.m., dark, and cold. I shiver as an icy breeze picks up. Why oh why did I forget my jacket? Suddenly, I notice a woman off to the left. Her...
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this blood will bleed us dry
Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe on January 3. This place should be BURIED in snow. .. There’s a story often told about the Eskimos. In the dead of winter, when out hunting caribou, hunters plant...
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cling to hope
Some of you have wondered where I’ve been. I’ve been posting less often, commenting the same . . . Have I given up blogging? Have I given up loving? Am I heartless? Do I not care? Hardly, friends!...
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how to not die: the road to recovery
Reblogged from shift: Ten years ago (on January 25, 2003), I fell 80 feet (24 meters) while rock climbing at T-Wall, a popular climbing site in Tennessee. The doctors said I might not live; when I...
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the last piece (or, i lied)
Reblogged from shift: There are things you learn to live with. Things that never cross your mind---until "that time." That time when you're ordering at Starbucks and the barista says: "What was that?"...
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if i could go anywhere
.. If I could go anywhere, I would go to Carmel, on the coast of California, in the year 1990. My family would be staying at a small condo by the beach. It would be foggy and misty. I would be six...
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here’s to adventures
.. Drove two and a half hours to Walnut Creek today to look at apartments and interview for a job. Planned for a one-day outing (I wasn’t even sure what I was interviewing for, honestly — it ‘s a...
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listen to your heart
What is yours telling you? I’ve been starting blog posts in my head all week. “Looking back, I should have stormed out of his office.” “I got a job offer. I didn’t take it.” “What does ‘meaning’ mean...
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on the road to a new life
Already tired but ready to get this show on the road. When I was 18, when most of my friends went just two hours away from home, I drove 2,500 miles for college. It was a scary time, and an exciting...
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my prayer
San Ramon, California, where I work Sitting in my darkened apartment, listening to the hum of traffic on University Avenue. It’s Saturday evening and my weekend has (finally) officially started. I’ve...
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