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Dark Thoughts
It’s here! Halloween is over, our new Christmas tree is up, the clocks have been set back, and I can hibernate again! It’s such a physiological shift as it is a psychological one, that it makes me believe I was a hedgehog in a…
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Octoblur
For a long time October was a month I couldn’t wait to be over as it marked anniversaries I didn’t care to acknowledge. However, since moving to Oregon, October has become a welcomed buffer between seasons. But where I thought autumn took its sweet…
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Mini Pause
When we first moved from Southern California to Oregon in the spring of 2019, we lived just east of the Cascade Range in the mountain resort town of Bend. Bend had just thawed out from its Snowpocalypse and “Bendites” were quick to welcome us…
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Homeschool, Homelife, Homecoming.
And we’re back. Back in Corvallis. Back to homeschooling. And (in the words of Caron Wheeler), back to life, back to reality, back to the here and now, yeah. The condensed backstory goes like this: due to unforeseen circumstances, we reluctantly moved north to…
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Spring In Our Step
Spring was always my least favorite time of year. As a kid in school, it served as the final stretch before summer vacation. The outdoor aesthetic never changed much, considering Southern California has one season. The mall Easter bunny looked demonic and we were…
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The Nature of Blogging
I grew up a Southern California city kid surrounded by surf and astroturf. “Being out in nature” meant driving 90 minutes to an overpriced resort town to stroll through souvenir shops and strip malls. We didn’t go to the mountains in winter because the…
