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Posted onApril 21, 2023April 21, 2023Adventure

The Myth of Meaning, and the Gift of Wonder

A visit to the Pacific Coast and the Redwood Forest left me with a sense of wonder and the inevitable acceptance of what Albert Camus was trying to say.

We are here. And that is all. Choose wonder over meaning.

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Posted onMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022Immigrant culture

No Way Back

In the silence of the moon, and the twinkling of the stars, I find solace when the world is being erratic again. They are the…

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Posted onApril 23, 2022April 24, 2022Gardening

An Unexpected Urban Delight

Downtown Dallas. Not a place you normally go nature-spotting. And yet, sitting outside this old building with nothing but a green hedge around its perimeter…

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Posted onApril 16, 2022April 18, 2023Lifestyle

The Tale of the Disappearing Checkbook

An excerpt from Real Housewives that’s Not a Show I sift through every drawer in my kitchen -again- looking for my checkbook. The lawn service…

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Posted onApril 10, 2022April 10, 2022Food

No Identity? Time for Starbucks!

Tall, decaf, no sugar, Pike’s Place with extra milk. The overpriced, heavily chemicalized, yet aesthetically sold coffee that lends an identity to the blandest of…

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