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Traveling Light (Or Not)

7/30/2013

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My family is incapable of packing light. 

The equation for our recent road trip went like this: 
   2 adults (one of whom thinks a plastic grocery bag filled with multiple full-sized containers of shaving cream, toothpaste and mouthwash is a "toiletries case") 
+ apparel enough to cover both very hot and potentially chilly weather 
+ a cooler, snack sacks, hotel supplies bag, and bed pillows 
+ 2 Corgis with their beds, food, treats, and pen 
+ a certain male's fishing pole and tackle box 
   1 fully loaded CRV.

After two decades of road-tripping, despite all evidence from past experience, I still approach each new


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Year of Re- Continues

7/23/2013

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This may be the Year of the Snake for the Chinese, but for me it’s the Year of the Re-, as in re-assess, re-calibrate, re-boot, and this past weekend: reunion.

I didn’t go to the big soiree that reunited students from the first three classes of my high school’s history. From a practical perspective, accommodations and travel expenses, plus the time expenditure to make the 2340-mile round-trip, would have been disproportionate to the actual event. However, it really wasn't practicality that deterred me. It was reluctance to reacquaint myself with the long-forgotten teen-aged me.



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