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This Social Distance
I didn’t know there was a name for my quirky lifestyle. Practical logistics dictated by our choice to move to a distinctly rural and reasonably remote area in the spring of 2001 amplified the tendency to social distance, but I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in home, working from home, writing
Tagged Covid-19, home building, working from home
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Back to England
Thirty-five years ago, in June, 1983, I traveled to England as part of a 4-H exchange. I no longer remember exactly how I came to sign up for the program, but what’s clear in retrospect is how much that summer … Continue reading
Posted in home, travel
Tagged Beachy Head, England, Housesteads Roman Fort, London, Northumberland, Talkin Tarn, University of Lancaster, Weymouth
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A Rainbow in the West
When a delicate early-morning rainbow appeared late last week, I hustled to find the camera and take a picture. “We almost never see rainbows in the morning,” I was thinking to myself. And it’s true. Most of the time, rainbows … Continue reading
Posted in home, observation, travel, weather, writing
Tagged Dingle Peninsula, Ireland, rainbows
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Home, New-Old
We moved into this house back in March, 2003, twelve years ago this month. Which, when I think about it, is longer than I’ve ever lived in any other house. If I do the math, it turns out I’ve spent … Continue reading
Posted in home, observation, working from home, writing
Tagged attention, Between Urban and Wild
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Homebody on the Road
I don’t get out much. This is intentional and by nature. I enjoy the vast good fortune of a life that revolves around a home place in a beautiful natural setting. I work from home, and my husband and I … Continue reading
Out and About
Although it hasn’t happened in a while, there have been times since settling in at our place in central Colorado when I think back over the past week and realize that I haven’t left the property in six or seven … Continue reading
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Tagged book readings, travel
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