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My First Pair of Skis

What was your favorite toy as a child? I had plenty of toys as a kid, but I still remember being really excited the year my brother and I were each given our first pair of skis and ski boots. I think I was about ten years old. I didn’t know anyone else in the […]

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Getting Uncomfortable

I used to make a habit of doing things that put me out of my comfort zone, but lately I seem to be a lot more risk-averse. I have done some pretty cool things that made me step out of my comfort zone at the time: bungee jumping, sky diving, quitting my job and heading […]

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A Road Trip I Would Love to Take

America and Australia are excellent road trip countries. America has its interstates and iconic routes like Route 66 that pass through middle-America towns, both beloved and forgotten, and past famous landmarks. Australia has wide-open expanses of country, stunning coastlines and roads that take drivers through small country towns and their bakeries. Growing up in America […]

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Update: Ski Trip 2021

It’s amazing how much can change in the space of two weeks, and at the same time how little can change in a year. Since I first wrote about planning for this year’s ski trip, just two weeks ago, South Australia joined Victoria in a hard lockdown and then both states came out of their […]

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Back in Flight: Flying During COVID

There’s a small thrill of excitement in the middle of my chest as the as the dull drone of the engines gets louder and I feel a slight pressure pushing me into the back of my seat.  As the view out the window rushes by then drops away and I feel myself get pushed down […]