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Continue reading →: Writing: Is it the Journey or the Destination?I started bullet journaling in late 2016. I don’t remember how I heard about the practice, but I had just left a full-time job to start my own business, and I needed a way to keep better track of my life. My bullet journals change from year to year, the…
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Continue reading →: Finding the Silver LiningAbout two months ago, my pin-straight hair suddenly went curly. Such is the life of a perimenopausal woman. *sigh* My body is reinventing itself for the back nine. I’m used to just parting my hair out of the shower and heading out the door. This is no longer an option.…
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Continue reading →: Death and Stove TopAs we finished the last bites of our turkey, my 84-year-old father put on his serious face. “While I have you all together, I’d like you to know that your mom and I have secured a cemetery plot.” What followed was a lively conversation over apple pie and vanilla ice…
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Continue reading →: Allt för Sverige (Everything for Sweden)My mother emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden when she was just 20 years old. She initially came over as an au pair, met my dad on a blind date, and they got married a year later. They’ve now been married for an astounding 58 years. It wasn’t until I…
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Continue reading →: A Trail of Two BridgesThe unseasonably warm fall weather has meant that I’ve been able to continue with long distance cycling. My intention is to keep riding into the cold weather, as long as the roads are dry. We will see. This week’s adventure took me on a 50-mile bike ride down the New…
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Continue reading →: Driving Through the NightThis week’s adventure was a spontaneous road trip from New York to Florida. On Wednesday night, my boyfriend mentioned that the car he’s been using in Florida belongs to his sister and she wanted it back. We talked through the options, and he decided that rather than buying a used…
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Continue reading →: Kitties Hit the RoadWhen I set out to blog about my year of seeking adventure, I decided to share both the good and the ugly. This post may veer toward the latter. After the week we’ve had, I can understand if you don’t have the bandwidth to read on. I’ve always been a…
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Continue reading →: Microadventure #2: Night HikingThis was a tough week for blogging, I had to write a policy paper and it took me FOREVER. But I’m committed to doing a weekly post, and to do at least 100 of them (I’m up to 18!) so here we are. After submitting my paper, I found myself…








