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An afternoon in Arlington

The weekend before Thanksgiving, James and I took a Sunday afternoon to go out to Arlington Cemetery.  It was one of those perfect fall days, the type that I thought had been scared away by Hurricane Sandy. But no, Arlington … Continue reading

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Autumn and Eden.

“Being deathless, Eden could never have an autumn. Somehow, a great beauty of the world was missing from Eden, and will, maybe, hopefully, someday be missing again. Autumn will only be our memory of it, as for eternity we remember the brief flicker … Continue reading

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Black and White Banff

I love a good black and white photo. Don’t misunderstand me — I LOVE color. But I think that is just because I love drama, which can be created through dramatic color, or dramatic line and shape. This is kind … Continue reading

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Honeymoon Part II: Canadian Color

I have said it before, but I love color. That sentence is not strong enough for how I really feel. I’m like Winston Churchill – I show total prejudice against the dull colors and flock to the bold and bright. … Continue reading

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Honeymoon Part I: “We are mountain people.”

A lot of thought went in to where to go for our honeymoon. James planned it, but we first spent some time just googling and talking together about where we wanted to go. Like most honeymooners, we initially thought of … Continue reading

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“The Lake”…. and some Nutella

Over the past several weeks, there have been several moments of total confirmation that I married the right person. Here I give you two of them: After being introduced to it at Wegmann Waffle Wednesday, I caught James – who … Continue reading

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Between the sky and water

I had lots of lofty ambitions for this week, one of which was a nice long post with tales from Banff…. but that didn’t happen. Instead, this week has been lots of Craigslist searching, returns, and cleaning, culminating in a … Continue reading

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Scenes from Several Sunsets

“Tout crépuscule est double, aurore et soir. Cette formidable chrysalide qu’on appelle l’univers tressaille éternellement de sentir à la fois agoniser la chenille et s’éveiller le papillon.”  “Every sunset is twofold, dawn and dusk. This formidable chrysalis that we call … Continue reading

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Paris: A Love Story

Once upon a time, I was a young silly undergrad without definite future plans for my life. I went to Paris to study abroad, and quickly found that studying abroad is pretty amazing as you don’t do much work. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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A last date with my brothers: Shakespeare and Co!

Have I mentioned that I have really awesome brothers? Because I do. Lyman has an internship in DC starting this week and before he left, Zach insisted that we do one final sibling thing, just the three of us. It … Continue reading

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