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Did You Enjoy Your Story?

Some years ask questions, while other years answer them~ My question to you: Did you enjoy your story? You may be thinking, “But my story

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A Tale of Four Borders

Border crossing days ~ no one relishes the chaos and confusion of attempting to exit one country and enter another. Now, we have done a

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A Restless Mind

What drives us, we nomadic types? What causes us to leave stable jobs, lovely homes, friends and family, to throw ourselves out into the world?

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A Look Back ~ and Forward

Time is always surprising; It seems like just yesterday, not nearly 27 years ago, that I first locked eyes with Jim, in Ken’s living room. Jim,

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The Art of Overlanding

Wikipedia describes overlanding as such: Overlanding is self-reliant travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with

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My Fascination with Doors

Doors are my favorite photography subject. I am fascinated, not just by the doors themselves, but by the stories I imagine they could tell if

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Foto Friday

Although I had heard how utterly massive the temples and ruins of Egypt’s ancient society were, until you are truly standing next to the carvings

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Foto Friday

Still in the spirit of Egypt after my post on Luxor, here is some rare, lush foliage along the Nile River.

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Finding Meaning in Luxor

The sun beat down as temperatures reached the upper 90’s. Sweat dripped off us as we hurried from shady spot to shady spot long the

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