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The Hunter in the garden

I don't want the hurt to make me smaller. I have a generous heart. There's room for more, I repeat, I repeat. I want to believe in the enduring power of love.
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My first canyon

About Walnut Canyon...wow. My photographs will never do justice to what it was like looking over into that canyon.

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Two of hearts

10 October 2025
After beloved U. was done casting his soap dish with Raysin 200, there was leftover plaster for two

More than our demons

18 February 2022
Watching the last episode of #TheExpanse was bittersweet. But watching it with U. was fantastic. There was a

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30 September 2004

Nelson, in a driving rain

My visit to Greymouth and the Global Village Backpackers was lovely, albeit brief. The bikes there were barely usable, so I ditched them in favor of a hoof into town. Greymouth is rather unremarkable, actually. I walked past a number
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23 June 2013

Paula Deen & southern-fried Schadenfreude

In reply to the discussion of a New York Times article posted by Son of Baldwin on Facebook regarding celebrity chef Paula Deen Hm. I agree that the Food Network was right to not renew her contract, because the work
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26 March 2006

An unforgiving Saturday

Niels, I said, it was the smallest thing. Tables and chairs placed outside on the city sidewalk. Just the expectation. Yes now. This is describable joy: the flush of my skin, the smile that bubbles with goofy intensity, and the

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