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Backpacking in San Francisco
Over last Memorial Day weekend, a couple friends and I decided to take a bus from Santa Monica to San Francisco. We spent the day soaking...
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Goodbye Summer
Here we are in October - the middle of October. It just occurred to me that I never really officially said goodbye to summer. Not the way...
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What I Learned: March - May
Lessons Learned It really is okay to say “no” sometimes and the world keeps spinning on its axis. It’s okay to not hold it together all...