Leaving

My friend is leaving today, taking her daughter and flying back to work and her real life, leaving behind vacation memories and a quiet house. After the cleaning is done, laundry is put away and folded, I plan to sit at my computer and stare at a blank page while book 14 loads. While I…

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Looking and Shopping

I remember when we would come out from Alaska and walking through a store felt like a museum, with too many things to look at and not enough eyes to see. So we have been slowly hitting stores with interesting items and unusual tidbits of fun.  Of course none of the shops are like my…

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Trissy

Before Trissy met Heron in the flesh and she was following the impulse of a dream, moving when the separation between mates made staying still intolerable, she had no idea what was happening. It was like an illness, a fever she could never shake and after being so sick, surviving all those deaths and saving…

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Visitors

My friend is visiting from Alaska. She is here with her daughter and we are enjoying a week filled with fun and play before she goes back to her classroom and I sink back into the world of NewEarth. Yesterday we went and bought 75lbs of fruit to mess with; 25lbs of peaches, cherries and…

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Visitors

We have friends visiting this week. It is lovely to have them here and so exciting to share news in person. We are also trying to add some adventure, a few thrills, some special memories to their trip down below. At the end of their week they set off again, back toward the top of the…

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Home at Last

After traveling, there is great comfort in your own bed, your own pillow, your own bathroom. This morning I woke beyond early and sat in my own kitchen sipping tea. It was a grand adventure, an excellent trip we had, but it is also good to be home. I am giving away a free book…

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Crazy Horse

If you ever have an opportunity to stop and see the mountain sculpture of Crazy Horse, do that. It is amazing, but even more so is the education center, the college, the plans that stretch far into the future offering employment and purpose to a group of people who are often marginalized. In today’s world…

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Summer Birds

Have you ever stopped to look at all the different feathered friends in your area during the summer? Ducks, cranes, egrets and herons join the geese around waterways. A rainbow of colors grace the feeders as birds of every size and type stop in to get seeds. Grubs, slugs and worms fall prey to lots…

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Sight Seeing

Last night I was unable to blog anything because our WiFi signal was so weak. I couldn’t FaceTime my parents either, but I was at least able to call. It is funny how some signals are stronger than others and determine what you can and cannot do on line. It can be frustrating, but it is…

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Rest Areas

Driving across our country gives a traveler a unique view of rest areas. Some had flush toilets, some only mulching toilets and others still with other technologies for processing human waste. The same for sinks, some had fresh water, others had hand sanitizer; we found auto start/shut off on sinks, and push button faucets were…

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