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 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
 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
 July 29, 2021

Getting Ready To Travel: Excitement And Anxiety In Equal Measure

It has been exactly 18 months since we rolled down the driveway here in Eastpoint, Florida to deal with rooting out my parents’ home. Little did we know when we unhitched the trailer that we would be here more than a year-and-a-half later. We’re busily preparing for our first trip after this very long pause, […]

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Categories : Florida, Reality RV
Tags : Preparing for RV travel, traveling with a cat
 March 12, 2021

A Year Of Staying Put: And A Big Decision

At this time last year, we were finishing up our two-month project of clearing out my parents’ home and preparing it for sale. And we were happily anticipating resuming our travels. Instead, we’ve been stranded in Florida for more than a year. After much (exhausting) discussion, we’ve decided to stay here for a while longer. […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings, Reality RV
Tags : pausing our fulltime travels, traveling fulltime
 February 25, 2021

It Followed Me Home

When Eric and I contemplated taking to the road full-time eight years ago, we had a cat. Spot was eighteen years old, highly opinionated, and her only outings in a vehicle had been visits to the vet. Much to our surprise, Spot adapted extremely well to traveling life. But when she passed away a year-and-a-half […]

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Categories : Adventures With The Kitty, Florida, Musings, Reality RV
 February 17, 2021

Finding Gladness

Thank you, dear friends, for your condolences on the loss of my mom. Reading your words of support and kindness helps me as I adjust to the reality of life without my mom and dad. Helping my folks navigate the last years of their lives was hard. Still, it’s painful to realize that I will […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings
 November 29, 2020

Home Reveal & Fall In Florida

As of Wednesday, almost everything has been ticked off the ‘to do’ list on the remodel. Well, not everything—but enough so that the house is comfortable and the contractors are gone. We had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, including being back in the house, the weather cooling off, and the fact that […]

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Categories : Florida
Tags : Fall in Florida
 September 14, 2020

Meditations For Living In A Troubled World

A devastating wildfire raged two miles from our home in Ashland, Oregon last week. A swath of burned rubble extends almost 20 miles north, smoke still blankets the valley, and some of our closest friends are displaced. In Portland and Bend, our family and friends are suffering from the effects of nearby wildfires and are […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings
 August 31, 2020

Digging Out Of Overwhelm

I‘ve had big plans of writing about our last summer’s adventures for many months now. But life keeps getting in the way. Every day, I look at an index card propped up by my computer. It says, “How we spend our days, is of course, how we spend our lives. ~Annie Dillard.” As I push […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings, Reality RV
 July 19, 2020

Sweltering In Place

Thank you, dear friends, for your great kindness in the loving and supportive comments you left in honor of my dad. During this time when we’ve not been able to gather with family and friends to celebrate my dad’s life and mourn his passing, your words have brought me comfort and lifted my spirits. I […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings, Reality RV
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