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Homeward
The week before Christmas, I visited my sister Julia out where she lives — where we grew up — in Horton, Oregon. Nobody calls it that anymore, but it still is on Google Maps as such. Horton is...
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Cabin in the Woods
When I was back in Horton around Christmastime, I was strangely drawn to our old family friends’ house. They moved away long before we did, and like my parents, kept their house. Also like our family,...
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Thrifting
One of my favorite things to do is to go thrifting. Either alone or with a friend, or even my mom. At the Goodwill down the street, or in small towns around the state — it’s sort of an addiction. Not...
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Marfa
In the past year and a half, I’ve traveled more than I ever have before. For the entirety of this past fall, I was taking weeklong trips to the East Coast every third week for work. Once I was home I’d...
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1974
Last Friday was my mom and dad’s 38th anniversary. Ever since I moved out of the house, I never really paid too much attention to their anniversary. I always thought that it was something that the two...
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Small Houses
As I was scanning pages from the Lofts book that I recently bought, I decided to look up other books that Jeffrey Weiss put out. My quick internet search showed this one, Small Houses, which I...
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Summer blur
A year ago this weekend — Labor Day weekend — my dear friend Christie and I were camping at Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon. It was a memorable weekend in which the highlight was a 40 or so...
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San Juans
It’s been quite a while now since I made this trip north to the San Juans. It was at a really busy time as the summer was winding down, filled with lots of other trips, which is why it came and went...
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American Country
While thrifting last week, I was in the home and garden book section of Goodwill, and there was a man also perusing the books beside me. His son was literally circling the both of us, knocking into me...
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Lookout
Hey there. It’s been a long while. Summer came and went. The leaves have changed, and now much of them have fallen. I’ve began listening to Christmas music — only the instrumental stuff at this point —...
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