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I have always loved adventure - whether it has been in my career, my entrepreneurial activities, or my life. On my travels, I have met so many terrific people, learned about their culture, their perspectives. Every year, I take a trip with family, or friends, or sometimes alone to a new destination. It renews and inspires me, and I hope that my commentaries will inspire you to explore our shared world as well as to value and marvel at what may appear at the time to be seemingly small and unimportant moments in this wonderful time that we have on this earth. Feed your adventurous side, revel in the power of moments, and subscribe to Meandering Musings!
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What Is It About Apricots?
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Slowing Down in the Wachau Valley
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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The Names on the Wall
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Appreciating… Without Enjoying
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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More Than Tea
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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A Night in a Different World
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Why I Travel
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May 29, 2026 |
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My Brief Career as an Illegal Uber Driver
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May 22, 2026 |
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I Didn’t Want to Do This. Then I Wrote My Obituary
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May 15, 2026 |
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A Restaurant Without Dessert?
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May 08, 2026 |
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A Tale of Two DMVs
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May 01, 2026 |
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Women’s Roller Derby — More Than a Comeback
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Eighty-Two Years Before My First Pawn Shop
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Why Are Redheads Different?
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Stay in Motion
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Late to the Chamber
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Three Ways to Tell Your Age
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Number 14,542
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Relationships Matter More Than Ever
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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My First Time at the Denver Stock Show: A City Slicker in Cowboyland
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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From 80 Degrees to 8: A Survival Guide (of Sorts)
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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The Day I Became “Elderly” (Without Being Asked)
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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The Day I Got Number 97
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Steroids, Gyms, and Why I’m Really There
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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When Cinema Pushes the Heart: Why *La Grazia* Moved Me to Tears
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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The Power of a Simple Thread (That I Refuse to Call a Bracelet)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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When Did We Start Padlocking Ice Cream?
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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A Small Moment in the Underwear Aisle
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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McDonald’s Refused to Take My Order — Seriously.
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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The Lost Art of the Handkerchief
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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My First Manicure (and Pedicure): A Shock to the System
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Bhutan and the Pursuit of Happiness
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Kelsey’s Bhutan Diary
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Prayer Flags in Bhutan
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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What Can America Learn from Bhutan?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Bhutan’s Hot Stone Baths: A Healing Tradition
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The Tiger’s Nest: A Pilgrimage of Stone, Spirit, and Struggle
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Arrows & Joy: Archery, Bhutan’s Soul Sport
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Why I Came to Bhutan
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Listening to Lech Wałęsa
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The Day PB&J Changed My Life
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Biking to Costco? Who Does That?
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Thirty Minutes? You’ve Got to Be Kidding
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Better Late, Still Beautiful
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Bug Assault
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Dandelions
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Pickleball: From Backyard Game to National Obsession
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Holy Cow, DQ – We Need to Talk
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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The Jar, the Loft, and a Very Human Victory
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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When the Body Whispers… and Then Shouts
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Pickleball and the Power of Fifteen
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Can We All Get Behind Belonging?
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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A Reunion to Remember—And Reflect Upon
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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“Where Everybody Knows Your Name” — My Cheers Dilemma
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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A Night to Remember: “Good Night, and Good Luck” on Broadway
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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One Surprising Way to Boost Your Health: Turn Up the Heat
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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We Owe Our Children Better: A Personal Call to Reduce America’s National Debt
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Art in the Open, A Day with Desert X
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Many, Many, Many: A 101-Degree Friday in the Desert
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May 30, 2025 |
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Where the Eye Becomes Art: A Hidden Gem in Copenhagen
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May 23, 2025 |
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A Love Letter to Herring
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May 16, 2025 |
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In Amsterdam, Bikes Rule — and Sometimes Bloom
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May 09, 2025 |
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The Legacy of Bank Vaults: When Security Was Measured in Steel
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May 02, 2025 |
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My Life in Cotton: The Quilt of Me
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Down the Drain: A Sewer Story of Friendship, Infrastructure, and Sludge
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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$800,000 Worth of Beer at My Local Grocery Store
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Life Lessons from Turtles: Embracing a Turtle Mindset
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Donald Trump — the Neville Chamberlain of our Time
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Why I Cry More at 80: A Deep Dive Into the Phenomenon
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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The $2 Bill
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Rediscovering the Root Beer Float
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Rubber Duckies
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Embarrassed
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Joy Does Not Keep Score
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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What We Can Learn from History
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Winston Churchill’s Sesquicentennial
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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The Power of Pilgrimages
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Lynching in America
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Remembering the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March on its 60th Anniversary
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Time With the Grandchildren
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Christmas Lights
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Re-gifting
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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A Very Unusual Saturday
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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How To Fix Obesity In The United States
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Obesity
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Gladiators
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Middle Names
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Daisy Daisy
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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The Good Humor Man
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Pan Handler
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Car Detail
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Shooting Your Age
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Track Town USA
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Charm City
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Our Own Jaws-like Experience 50 Years Later
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Gus Walz
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Ice Cream Day
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Hiking in The Sonoran Desert in the Daytime
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Hiking In The Dark
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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The 50th Anniversary of Jaws
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Playing It Forward
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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The Golden Bachelor
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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124 degrees
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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A 5-year old's first major league baseball game
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Loneliness
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Thelma
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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A Reservation
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Carrot Cake Pancakes
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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A Nickname
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May 31, 2024 |
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Penalty
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May 24, 2024 |
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Another View of The Fabulously Popular 'In N Out' Burger
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May 17, 2024 |
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Never Having Been To New York City
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May 10, 2024 |
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Cabaret
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May 03, 2024 |
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Sean Penn and Ukraine
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Bruce's Booster Seat
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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A Cinnamon Roll
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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There Is More to The Story
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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A Shoeshine
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Massage Chair
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Getting Off The Grid
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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The Cost Of A Glass Of Water
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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You Never Know Who You'll Run Into At The Grocery Store
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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How We Value A Good Teacher
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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How To Tell You're Getting Old
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Mmm Boy Almond Joy
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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A View Of Gaza, 60 years earlier
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Getting Ghosted
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Date Shake
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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The Highest Gas Price In The United States
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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A Really Good Morning
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Taking The Time To Think
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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The Help
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Newspapers
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Finger Bowls
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Hotel Lobbies
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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The Value Of A Personal Note
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Peaches
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Road Kill Cafe
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Purple Cow
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Mississippi
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Halloween
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Showering Outside
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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A Bad Day
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Postcards
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Shock and Awe
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Sep 27, 2023 |