House-sitting, Local Color, PHOTO ESSAYS, Road Trips, TRAVEL
“So,” I said to a Crestone local, opening the French doors and stepping out to the porch where she stood, hose in hand, watering the flowers around the house where I’m house-sitting, “how long have …
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I kissed my mother’s forehead, told her I loved her, and said goodbye at her nursing home in Hesston, Kansas, on Wednesday, Feb 24. Emphatically she ordered, “Come back and visit me!” Mom rarely …
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How about declaring 2016 the Year of Serendipity? I believe in serendipity. I experience lots of it in my nomadic life (though I often use 'miracle' instead); I want even more “unexpected …
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The little black dog is hunkered over, trembling. She's a naked waif in her new summer haircut that's removed every vestige of dignity, and with the shaking, she’s pathetic in the truest sense of the …
Civility on Highways & Byways You Know What I Mean Sculpture Other …
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