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“I may have to keep some place where I can go to be by myself, now and then, for I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinement of even an attractive cage.” From a letter written by Amelia Earhart to George P. Putnam on their wedding day. Putnam proposed to Earhart six…
I’ve decided that if this isn’t the year I stop biting my nails, I’m giving up on ever quitting. It’s been number one on my list of resolutions for every occasion since I can remember, and though I’ve never made more than a month’s worth of progress, I know now that it’s not so…
Prior to my first canoe camping trip this past October, a friend had asked if spending two months alone in the backcountry was something that appealed to me. Definitely, I’d answered. No service, no other people – you’d like that? he clarified. Absolutely
One of my annual Instagram traditions (one of them…one…) is to rewatch The Great Gatsby and perform something of a commentary on my experience of the movie via the app’s “stories” feature. I make sure these stories are only available for viewing by a curated list of “close…

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