Tag: nature
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Chapter 84. What We’ve Lost
My first trip to East Africa renewed my soul. It sparked a spiritual awakening within me that remains with me still. For that I’m grateful. My second trip has left me saddened at what we’ve lost. The Cloud Forests that grew in the ridges above the Ngorongoro Crater are dying. It can’t be seen while driving through…
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Chapter 45. Need to Build a Pond
For some reason, I received a call from the Colorado Humane Society about ducks frozen on a pond. Apparently, they needed homes after the rescue. Of course, GB and I ran right over to adopt them. At the time, we had our original two dogs, Cruiser R Roozer and Barney, plus a number of cats.…
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Chater 20. Tripped Up.
We had explored every peninsula along the coast of Maine. It took 10 years. And in 1995, we decided to move there. We looked at homes on the coast. We worked with a dental business consultant to find a practice. The one we liked was in Union, a good 30-minute drive from our coastal home picks. That was on a good…