On the Border of Isengard

We’re at Sea Rim State Park, which is an astoundingly beautiful coastal area, along the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail and near the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge. Tracy’s gone birding gleefully every morning, and I’ve been biking and walking the beach. More on the goodness here in my next post. In the meantime … Port […]

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A Proper Update

I feel guilty that so many friends opened that last post looking for an update on my medical questions, only for me to say, “I don’t want to talk about it.” I really was overwhelmed with, shall we say, unproductive feelings. Even now as I try to draft a better response, I find myself rambling […]

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Alaska Trip Retrospective

After our summer-long trip to Alaska, we’re traveling south through British Columbia, Canada, and the climate, sunlight, ecosystems—really everything—is all changing rapidly.  No more alpine or subalpine terrain, and it’s kind of shocking.   I shouted out to Tracy when I saw a cow.  We both said, “Hey, look at this!” when we had to use the flashlight […]

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