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Continue reading →: Strange and Familiar: Sweden Through My Mother’s EyesGreetings from Sweden, where I’ve spent the last week with three generations of my family. In some ways, this trip was the opposite of how I like to travel. We are a large group of 11, ranging in age from 5 to 85. I recently discovered that I love traveling…
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Continue reading →: Goodbye, Furniture. Hello, World.July marks my last month in this apartment. My last month with a permanent address, for that matter. I’ve spent the last week selling possessions, and I have to tell you, it’s totally addictive. It would have been better not to have acquired all this stuff in the first place,…
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Continue reading →: Road Trip, Part 3: ReflectionsThis is a continuation of Part 1: Utah and Part 2: Colorado. So what did I learn on my epic road trip? One of my main goals for this trip was to determine if I would enjoy living in a campervan. The short answer is YES. I loved living in…
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Continue reading →: Road Trip, Part 2: ColoradoThis is a continuation of Part 1: Utah. After three days of hiking through Utah’s stunningly beautiful national parks, it was time to pick up the pace. I still had over 350 miles to cover, and only two nights left in my tiny home on wheels. On Monday afternoon, I…
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Continue reading →: Road Trip, Part 1: UtahWhat a week. The short version is, this road trip was 100% successful, and yes, I will be living in a van next year. The long version? I’m going to have to divide this into two posts, there’s too much to cover in one. I thought maybe I’d separate this…
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Continue reading →: Dangerous WatersThe campervan pulled to the left on some grooved pavement. Jane gripped the steering wheel and corrected gently. To her right, the Colorado river flowed across some rocks, creating small whitecaps. The scenery was lush, a far cry from what she’d seen for the last three days driving through Utah.…
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Continue reading →: Epic Southwest Road Trip for $67? Sign Me Up!On Tuesday morning I passed the LMSW licensing exam. What a huge relief (and accomplishment)! That means now it’s all adventure, all the time (with a slower start as I get my son off to college in September). The exam itself wasn’t too bad. I felt well prepared, and I…
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Continue reading →: Two Diners and a Tuxedo (That I Didn’t Photograph)I’m coming to you live from a diner this week. It’s actually my second diner today. I had a 15-minute date with Carey earlier this evening, during which I managed to inhale a delicious piece of lemon meringue pie. It was supposed to be a longer date, but he got…








