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When I was younger, I was fascinated with a television series titled Northern Exposure from the early 1990s. For all of you who never watched it, or it predates your existence, it was a show about a New York City doctor who moves to a quirky small town in Alaska….
Continue readingEvery branch of the Aspen trees seemed coated in an iridescent frost creating a winter scene that took my breath away. It was different from the ordinary morning after a snowstorm where snow bedecks the branches of the evergreens in the forest. Not only were the Aspens coated, but the…
Continue readingSkiing down the Mary Jane trail felt like I was picking my way through a minefield — a minefield of skiers who had crashed, face planted and otherwise come to an untimely demise. There were bodies strewn all the way down the trail as I made turns zigging and zagging,…
Continue readingSitting around the hot tub, I kept hearing the twang of a southern drawl. “How was ya’ll’s ski day?” “Where’d ya’ll have dinner tonight?” After a day of skiing and riding the chairlifts, I wasn’t surprised. I’m a pretty friendly person, so I frequently ask people where they are from…
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