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Introduce-the-Story Themes: SSCS01 – Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory

Introduce-the-Story Themes: SSCS01 – Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory

Anxious Disclaimer: Okay, so this post may likely come off as really self-involved.  But, well, this is a blog, and lots of blogs are pretty self-involved, almost by definition.  Also, I know perfectly well there will be lots more self-involved blog posts to come.  So, I’m hemming and hawing here at the top probably because this has to do with my writing, and writing has been a dream of mine for a really long time, and that makes it lots…

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panorama from Summit Lake
First Ever (in 30 years) Backpacking Adventure

First Ever (in 30 years) Backpacking Adventure

Well, that was traumatic.  But – such is the life of an adventurer! – Hilda Okay, that’s kind of how the adventure ended, but let me back up. This year my daughter joined an outdoor club, and one of the planned summer activities was a 2-night backpacking trip in the Mt. Evans wilderness.  This sounded like a good opportunity!  I don’t spend as much time with my daughter as I’d like.  And I don’t get out into the woods nearly…

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hat with sunflower
A Refurbished Hat!

A Refurbished Hat!

Yay!  I’ve revived my raggedy hat.  Or rather, I patched the original hat (again, like I do) and then replaced the flowers. You have to understand, I’m not good at replacing things, particularly not articles of clothing. Instead I just patch or mend them until they’re mostly one giant patch. Or, you know, I don’t mend them. I just wear them forever until they become Very Frayed. The first time I started patching my coat it was because it was…

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