journey

The Wild West

 Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life- RumiBack in the early days of this country, when European immigrants marched west, I imagine they looked around and said “this looks different, let’s call this a different state.” Crossing the border from South Dakota into Wyoming felt immediately like I […]

October 29, 2016
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Prairie Winds

No one ever says journeys are perfect, without a few bumps in the road. Even vision quests. I didn’t have to wait long for the first bump. It was windy that first night in South Dakota. Like, crazy windy. My gas mileage that day had been abysmal, and I assumed it was due to the […]

October 26, 2016
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Vision Quest

When I would tell people I was going to take a three week road trip without my husband, the most common response (whether said out loud or implied by body language and facial expressions) was, “Why?” The introverts, after I explained my intended path from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles and back, showed excitement […]

October 19, 2016
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