Anticipating goodbye

“Please save this for me. I’ll come back for you, love, I promise to. Please save this for me for until I return my love will burn, and my heart will stay.” -Ludo, Please
The date of my departure is approaching. The months have flown by. The weekends were few and busy. The weeks remaining turned [...]

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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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So Blessed

“Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits- who forgives all your sins and heals all  your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with [...]

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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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Singin’ (and hiking) in the Rain

Today was wonderful- exactly what a vacation day should be.
St. Peters is unseasonably warm for a few days, so Michael and I were itching to do some hiking. Last night we agreed to rendezvous at his parents’ house in Defiance at 10:30 today to hit Klondike Park. Of course, it decided to rain today, but [...]

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Compost on the counter

There it sits on my kitchen counter in all its nastiness- the compost bag. Triumphing over wastefulness in one corner of the world. Feeding the soil with nutrients. Festering in a ziplock bag. It was my housemate’s idea, an upgrade from the paper towel lined compost bowl (sealed with a lid and tucked safely beneath [...]

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Wanderlust- The bike ride and a slice of me

“Not all who wander are lost.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
There were a lot of pressing matters vying for my time, but it was a gorgeous November day. The sun beamed down on Columbia far warmer than November has any right to be in Mid-Missouri. My laptop told me it was 60 degrees. Forget responsibility. Nothing could confine [...]

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