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Somewhere along the way of my 17 years with the National Park Service, I started nesting. Something in me became obsessed with having a place all my own, of setting down roots. I think it was while working at Cape Cod National Seashore. Up until that time, I had led…
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As I grabbed moving boxes from the great room, something gray caught my eye. Our front door has glass windows alongside and some creature perched on our front porch. Hmmm, must be our neighbor’s house cat. I walked over to get a better look. A gray-reddish cat with spots crouched…
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Spring in the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be a tease. One day, temperatures soar to 60 degrees and you swear spring has arrived. The next, it’s 20 degrees and snowing. On those warm days, summer feels like it is just around the corner. I long for a good hike. But…
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As we wound around the curve in the dark and fog, a bright orange light came on. Uh oh. The symbol of the gas tank gave me pangs of anxiety. We’d come about a third of the way up the canyon. Should we push on hoping we had enough to…
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