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[Almost] Wordless Wednesday | Jewelry

May 2, 2012

[bracelet: SaySay Boutique; star ring: Portland Saturday Market; blue opal: Boulder, CO]

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[Almost] Wordless Wednesday : Cherry Blossoms

April 25, 2012

Cherry Blossom Trees | Tom McCall Waterfront Park | Portland, OR

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You can’t do Chicago in a weekend, and other reasons I quit my cushy job and left my home, friends, and family to pursue a life of wanderlust, uncertainty, and making the world my office.

March 21, 2012

The summer of 2009 was a game-changer for me. It’s the year I grew a pair and decided to leave the most comfortable job, life, place I’d ever known and move halfway across the country. It’s the year I spent jet-setting like a crazy person (I once counted 15 airports, 13 trips, 7 Cities, in 8 [...]

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You can’t take baby steps forever and other ways of saying “get off your ass and DO THIS already.”

March 19, 2012

There’s a hill behind the University of Portland that slopes downwards from the campus neighborhood, behind an industrial area, and into the Willamette River, just south of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge and the St. John’s Bridge. [Photo credit] Chris and I have run it a few times because it’s a challenge, it’s close to [...]

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“There’s a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.” – Jimmy Buffett

March 14, 2012

“Where the hell am I?” I peered through squinted eyes as I started to notice the smell of stale beer and burnt popcorn. I couldn’t see over the blankets that had created a fort around my head. Slowly, painfully, I forced one eyelid a little more open, then the other. I realized I was on the [...]

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