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What has surprised us along the way.

What has surprised us along the way.

TODAY IS DAY 4 of our Westward Ho! RV adventure, and it’s a big travel day for us. We’re crossing Arkansas edge to edge, east to west, and covering 290 miles. We’ll also hit our first 1,000 mile marker, not too far from Fort Smith. Some surprises, so...
We RV.

We RV.

It is underway! Day two of our big Westward Ho RV adventure is here, and the morning finds us waking up in a gorgeous spot just outside of Chattanooga, right alongside the Tennessee River. So far, so happy—we LOVE the RV, had a great travel day yesterday, slept great...
Wildflowers, Grace, and Goodness

Wildflowers, Grace, and Goodness

MY PERSPECTIVE CHANGES all the time on this mountain, weather and the season permeating every thought and impacting nearly every decision. Perhaps this is because conditions change so rapidly. In a moment, a beautiful, clear sunrise can be overcome by opaque, dense...
When It’s Almost Spring

When It’s Almost Spring

HOW IS IT that I am always surprised when I see a season turn. Perhaps this is because—for me—it has taken such time to fully settle into the existing summer / fall / winter / spring; to accept and to embrace what nature is already insisting is. It happened to me as I...
Christmas, Old and New

Christmas, Old and New

HOW PROFOUNDLY I experience my mother’s spirit this time of the year, when her love of the holiday season exists with palpable force. She has been gone from us since 2013 and yet a thousand times this December I have thought of her, felt her presence, heard her...
Going Gray.

Going Gray.

IT SLAP WORE ME OUT, the time, attention and investment required to maintain my “natural” brown hair. Ten days of beautiful salon color then BOOM Day Eleven it appeared: my part already sprouting a strong new crop of gray. It was not pretty, this skunky...

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