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 April 24, 2023

A Farewell Tour Of Apalachicola

We returned to Apalachicola in mid-March, just long enough to pack up our belongings from our storage unit before heading north on our new life adventure. Driving along the Gulf on Highway 98, we felt the tug to make the turn onto Magnolia Bluff, toward our former sweet home on the bay. That’s when the […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings, Travel
 February 3, 2023

Turning The Page

We pulled out of the driveway last Friday, after a nostalgic final wander through the house that my parents built 40 years ago and that has been our home for the past three years. For a few minutes, I was immersed in a cascade of memories, made more poignant by the knowledge that we would […]

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Categories : Musings
 January 10, 2023

Moving Forward

Happy New Year, dear friends! I was reading over my New Year’s post from last January (The Sacred and the Profane), and I can’t come up with anything better than that. Mary Oliver’s beautiful poem about mindfulness and the hilarious sentiment about bucket lists holds just as true this year as last. And honestly, I […]

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Categories : Musings
 November 23, 2022

It’s Been A Whirlwind

The past three weeks have been grueling. Preparing a house for sale is never fun, but it’s especially terrible when it comes on the heels of a four-and-a-half month road trip. As I mentioned in our last post, we were not anticipating selling the house right now. We barely got the trailer unloaded before we […]

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Categories : Musings
 October 31, 2022

Big Changes Ahead

I‘m curled up on our comfortable sofa with my coffee, enjoying our expansive view of the bay, listening to the cheerful song of the Carolina Wren and the wind as it rustles through the palmettos. This has been my morning routine for almost three years now, ever since we found ourselves unexpectedly transplanted to the […]

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Categories : Musings, Tiny Home Life
 June 18, 2022

A Brand New Adventure (And The Challenge Of Leaving Home)

As of last Sunday, we’re on the road again. We’re heading north to Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, which is pretty much all-new territory for us. As always, it required supreme effort to break free of the gravitational pull of home. It doesn’t matter how much planning we do, or how far ahead we start the […]

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Categories : Adventures With The Kitty, Musings, Reality RV
Tags : Three Rivers State Park
 May 28, 2022

A Time Of Sorrow…And Anger

We are leaving home in less than two weeks for a four-and-a-half month trip. I’d planned to finish blogging about our 2019 travels before embarking on this new adventure. And I was getting close. But I can’t post a travel blog right now. I’m too sad, and I’m too angry about the latest in what […]

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Categories : Musings
 March 10, 2022

Two Years In Florida

It’s hard to believe that we’ve been in Florida for two years now. Settling into life here in the Florida Panhandle, we’re getting more involved in the community, participating in local festivities, and enjoying time with both local and visiting friends. This is finally beginning to feel like home. Finding Peace In Difficult Times I […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings
Tags : Apalachicola Mardi Gras Parade, Audubon volunteering, Forgotten Coast
 January 2, 2022

Happy New Year: The Sacred And The Profane

At the dawn of a new year, I always spend a bit of time reflecting on the past year and thinking about my hopes and dreams for the coming year. I don’t know about you, but 2021 was another strange and disorienting year for us. Better than 2020, that’s for sure. But still strange. If […]

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Categories : Musings
 December 3, 2021

Fall 2021: At Home In Florida

We’ve been home for almost six weeks now. This is a near perfect time to be in Florida. We’re enjoying gathering around the fire pit in the evenings, but it’s still lovely for a stroll on the beach during the day. I’m grateful to be here. And to be perfectly honest, I’m still adjusting to […]

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Categories : Adventures With The Kitty, Florida, Musings
Tags : Apalachicola, Crooked River lighthouse, Lantern fest, Seafood festival
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Eric and Laurel

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