Category: personal
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I know I said I would just post one a day, for my Rollei Advent Calender, but I can’t do it. It is a struggle to only put up two. And really, I had to put two, because Andy is upset that he isn’t in more of the photos from my previous Montana blog posts……
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(This post contains photos of a skinned elk and may not be enjoyable for everyone.) Life is entirely too short… Death means life… Life means death… Because others die, we get to live. When we are young we can’t wait to be old… When we are old we wish we were young… Rarely are we…
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Saturday was Margot’s first trick-or-treating Halloween, and her mother Nici, who I fell in love with in the dorms during my freshman year of college, thinks it is the last one that Margot will allow her mother to choose her costume. I just loved spending the whole day following around this little creature, who came…
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It has been over 15 years since my last solo trip to visit my grandparents… and that is 15 years too long. I am very lucky. I get to see my grandparents, who live 2,173 miles away from me, at least twice a year. But those visits usually include at least 12 other relatives as…
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I made a decision to document one of the most important trips I may ever take, with two cameras: my Rolleiflex and my Holga. The Rolleiflex, I love, so that was an easy decision. But the Holga, I was not so sure about. I knew it could be wonderful, but I also knew it could…
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Happy 65 years of marriage to my grandparents, Bob and Sally Harper. For their celebration, they took 14 of us to Washington State. The first four days we spent hiking around Mount Rainer, and the last three days we explored Lopez Island, in the San Juan Islands. The whole journey was amazing. Besides being in…
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I am taking a break…. Packing my belongings….. Saying goodbye to Lou… And heading to the airport… I will be hiking up Mt Rainier and then kayaking around Lopez Island, in Washington State, for the next week, with all my relatives, as we celebrate my grandparents’ (not pictured above) 65th wedding anniversary. I can’t wait.
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I had my first ever weekend of weddings… three… Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Today, I am taking the day off. NPR, cleaning house, visiting with a friend who lives too far away and just recharging my brain. I will be back again with lots to share very soon. Once again, here is Lou, my not so…
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The only fireworks I saw this year were on my mom’s shirt. We had a very quiet 4th, celebrating with mac and cheese, a bottle of wine and a bad movie. As we were hidden away in the suburbs of rural South Carolina, I thought about all the people out there celebrating with lots of…
somewhere between a handshake and two kisses 