Close your eyes and picture the look on a child’s face when you tell them you’re going out for ice cream, the glisten in their eyes when you push them high in a swing, and the joy in their hearts when they run down the beach, barefoot and free...
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Taking it Slow on the Backroads
Lately I’ve made a habit of veering off course and wandering through the backroads. It’s a delightful way to slow down and enjoy the place that you live.
These past few months commuting to work on Highway 1 have opened my eyes to many unknown backroads, Old Creek Road in particular. It wasn’t till those commutes had almost found their end that I finally ventured down that curious road...
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Good Patterns
Lucky me to have been raised by not one, but two, adventurous parents.
For as long as I can remember they were taking us places, driving down country roads, traveling deep into the Sierra Nevadas, parking next to riverbeds, popping up tent and trailer, roasting marshmallows, playing tunes around the fire, biking on dirt-filled trails, motor-boating across lakes, hiking through mountain and meadow, and eating some darn good, fresh caught fish...
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A Place to Go Back To
We’ve all heard the saying “Old Habits Die Hard”, and we all, begrudgingly, know it to be true. I’m proposing a newer and more positive version. One that is quite appropriate for the story I’m about to tell:
”Old Traditions Live Strong”...
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