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The Reality of the Situation
A group of colorful bike racks in a Carbondale, Colorado city parking lot. I’m back in Oregon this week. I don’t just mean back from vacation, I mean as of this week, I’m really here, back from Italy...
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When a Plan Comes Together
Cheerful flowers and colorful paint make me smile!Carbondale, Colorado Guess what today is? Monday, yes. The middle of August, that too. It’s also the day I link in to Creative Every Day and the...
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Afraid… We Fade
When did we, when did we get so careful? When did we, when did we lose ourselves? Afraid… we fade. We fade out. — Matt Nathanson in his song “Love Comes Tumbling Down” This quote is from the bridge in...
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Fascinations
There are a few surprising things that I have found interesting to capture since returning back to the USA. Newspaper boxes, mailboxes and parking meters. Lovely parking meters, like this set, all by...
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So Far Away
I’ve been thinking a bit more about Italy lately. Missing it a bit more. I’m happy to be back, it’s been a whirlwind of moving and excitement. It is good to be back, so good, but there are still...
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Italy in my Pocket
A Walk on Time, Ravenna, ItalyI’ve been thinking a lot about Italy lately. I find little pieces of evidence of my time in Italy various places. In my wool coat, out for the winter, I have found a few...
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Magical Lights
I must admit, as we’ve gone through Exploring with a Camera: Holiday Lights, I’ve found myself desparately missing Italy and Europe. This has been the hardest period since we’ve moved home from Italy...
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How do you spell relief?
Today I’m spelling it VW! After being a single-car family for the last nine months back in the US, for three years total if you include Italy, yesterday we bought a second vehicle, a used VW Passat....
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Living Real Life
July 1st, our one year anniversary of moving home to Oregon from Italy, came and went with a whisper. We marked the date as a family, and talked about what we were doing a year ago, but we were busy...
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Layers upon Layers
Aaaahhhh, Italia. Italy seems to be coming up for me a lot lately. Just little remembrances, here and there. It’s like a soft realization that my time in Italy has been absorbed into the layers of...
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