Klondike Sunset/Sunrise Photos

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Nice weather makes me happy

My blogs have been mopey again. They have a tendency to do that. It’s not a fair reflection on me. When I’m in a good mood, I go out and do stuff. When I’m in a bad mood, I sit at a computer and write. Naturally, the bad moods are dominant in my writing. I’ll [...]

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Random reflections while sitting on a rock

“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” –Claude Monet
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I love it here when the leaves are changing. There are no real reds or pinks, mostly burnt orange and browning yellow – true autumnal colors. I only wish the cliff faced the west as the sun sinks behind a veil of [...]

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Tales from the Crypt: Flooding Adventure

“The sky opened and rain come pouring down on the earth, and the basement of our house flooded.” -Genesis 7:11-12 (Modified)
It’s happened before, but that hardly lessens the impact. First a little rain, then more. Then a torrential downpour assaults the saturated earth with rivers it cannot contain. At first, we receive the rain joyfully. [...]

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The journey of a day

{Fiction or non-fiction? Perhaps a bit of both dangerously intermingled into one story that’s mostly almost about me. Take it with a grain of salt, whatever that really means.}
She worshiped the glowing screen, petitioning it for the fellowship she desperately desired. “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life…” Yes, yes, [...]

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Appalachian Adventure

“The mountains are calling and I must go.” -John Muir
This is a belated photo blog of my Spring Break trip to Smoky Mountains National Park with Michael. We backpacked the Big Creek Trail to Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, then down Baxter Creek Trail in three days. The weather was beautiful except for a wild storm [...]

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Contents of my trunk

“Whatchya gonna do with all that junk? All that junk inside that trunk?” -The Black Eyed Peas
The items I will be loading into my trunk (and backseat) tomorrow morning indicate that this Spring Break is sure to be epically awesome.

2 tents
1 single-burner and 1 double-burner propane stove
1 Kelty Durango backcountry backpack
1 life jacket
1 sleeping bag [...]

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Short story from Peace Park

{The following is a story I wrote in my notebook today while sitting in the park in between classes. I’d seen this guy with his fat little dachshund around downtown twice in 24 hours, and then they walked past me in the park. They seemed aimless, so I decided to give them a story.}
He had [...]

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Bananas beget baby boys???

Do bananas beget baby boys? I doubt it…but apparently it’s newsworthy enough to merit a story on NPR.
A British study suggests that what a woman eats while she’s pregnant might affect the gender of the baby. The study, You are what your mother eats, claims it found that women who ate lots of breakfast cereal, [...]

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Missing Misty

Another day of great weather. The high was 58 degrees today- mmmm, 58!
I couldn’t find anyone to go out with me, so I just walked some of the St. Peters trails by myself. The paved trails connect little city parks and follow a windy little creek protected by a thin tunnel of trees through residential [...]

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