Posted on September 11, 2020
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We grew up in backyards full of fire scarred trees. Playing in ancient flame hollowed trunks, making silent promises to the bit of earth that gently cradled our innocence. These monuments whispered reminders; that it is this land’s nature, to burn.
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Posted on April 29, 2016
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The summer I turned 15, a friend called me and asked if I would be interested in bussing with her at the Italian restaurant in town called “Silvesterie’s.” I was. Bob, the owner and Executive Chef was a Sicilian man with deeply sunken dark-rimed… Continue Reading “Wine From a Soup Cup- A Story of Addiction.”
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Category: Current conditionsTags: 12 steps, addiction, alcholism, bar, Boulder Creek, cooking, intervention, kitchens, line cooking, love, professional kitchen, restaurants
Posted on February 6, 2016
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My little town has always been the core of who I am. Even now as I sit thousands of miles away-it feels close enough for me to touch. It still stings my heart that I am too far away to do so. Boulder Creek… Continue Reading “Time May Heal All Wounds- But It Makes Homesickness Worse”
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Category: Current conditionsTags: beauty, Boulder Creek, California, family, fun, homesick, homesteading, kindness, life, love, nature, peace, sacrifice, short people
Posted on February 25, 2015
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This April will mark five (oh my god!) years since we packed up the truck and headed the wrong way across the country. After half a decade of winters I can promise you that people headed west for more than the chance to strike… Continue Reading “Life’s A Trip, Enjoy The Fall.”
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Category: Current conditionsTags: blended families, Boulder Creek, California, family, Hampton Beach, home, homesick, kids first, life, Maine, sacrifice, school vacation, short people, soulmates, stepkids, stepmom
Posted on October 29, 2014
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I wrote this two years ago after our trip back home for our West Coast wedding blessing ceremony. It was the first time we got to show the boys where they were born and the last time they saw my dad, their “Grandpa Wise-man”… Continue Reading “Throwback Wednesday (Yes, I am THAT impatient!)”
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Category: Current conditionsTags: blended families, blessings, Boulder Creek, Ca, Dad, family, family vacation, marriage, redwoods, relocation, Santa Cruz, stepfamilies, TBT, the boys, trips, west coast
Posted on March 25, 2014
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My little town has always been the core of who I am. Even now as I sit thousands of miles away-it feels close enough for me to touch. It still stings my heart that I am too far away to do so. Boulder Creek… Continue Reading “Time May Heal All Wounds- But It Makes Homesickness Worse”
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Category: Current conditionsTags: amazing sister, ancient forests, beauty, Boulder Creek, California, family, hick, hippy, home, homesick, kids first, life, love, moving, peace, redwoods, sacrifice, short people, small town, SMC, west coast