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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Methodically open

Friday, July 31, 2009

We keep bouncing from one far-flung family gig to the next, with no time to unpack, catch up on chores, or blog much between bounces. It was just Christmas in July (ATV tours; mobs of dogs; conversations about Obama mired in failure and ruin). Now we’re off to Portland for the Voget Family Reunion (Germans [...]

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SoDak memories

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Long-haul roadtrips were never my family’s mode. We’d drive 150 miles to Cedar Rapids or just pitch a tent in the backyard and call it a vacation. So it took some encouragement to commit to journeying as far as the Black Hills of South Dakota, an 800-mile trail of kitschbait pioneered by generations of monument [...]

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Cabin crew

Thursday, July 16, 2009

I’m poring over vids and snapshots while we repack for even yet still more roadtrip (to Clermont, Iowa for Christmas in July). Stay tuned for close buffalo encounters, picturesque prairie hikes and a mega-slice of Jo & Rey. For now, here’s that postcard from the Black Hills we never managed to mail. Yeah, we’re animated!

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Dream states

Monday, July 13, 2009

Before reflecting here on our SoDak roadtrip, I need to do some processing. For now I can say I feel more refreshed and happy than I have in some time. I want to go on savoring it before the deluge. I don’t usually recall my dreams, but under the influence of vacation it’s like my [...]

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Vay-kay

Thursday, July 2, 2009

I woke up today feeling weightless. Monday is the first of seven days free of deadlines, 11th-hour requests, niggling feedback, coma-inducing conference calls and the roofers who’ve been hanging around here like indigent roommates since May. I confess, there’s a sense of pre-emptive disappointment that dogs me whenever I’m about to do something fun, but [...]

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