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Costa Rica: A Gift I Did Not Expect
Three years in Santa Fe. Twelve days in Costa Rica. One missed flight for a dog. A gift the math does not balance.
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Pipes and the Tide
April 2026 journal on Pipes and the Tide, paired with Three Walks with Pipes, tracing place, turn, and emotional record.
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Three Walks with Pipes
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The Year and the Rainbow
Journal notes for December 2025 aligned to the matching poem and image from that month.
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The Fleeting Arc
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When the Year Became Legible
November 2025 — quiet, low light, the year finally sitting still long enough to show me what it added up to. The apartment feeling like home at last, and December already offering something worth looking forward to.
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Tell Me the Darkness
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Making a Home Slowly
The U-Haul was August. September was the part that comes after — settling in, figuring out the couch placement, and the Land Ladies making sure it all felt like landing somewhere instead of just stopping.
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Shards of Serenity
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What Stillness Asked of Me
A quiet September at home — the kind of stillness that asks the questions you've been too busy to hear. Real life at a human scale, an ordinary afternoon with Rose, and the slower work of getting things right.
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Apology
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Maine, and the Kindness of Chosen Family
First trip to Maine with my sister, to visit Tish and Dave — people we'd known a matter of hours before saying yes. A risk that became one of the best decisions I've made and an introduction to the Land Ladies, who welcomed me in despite the gender policy. Unanimous vote, apparently.
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Jars of Dawn
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The Long Exhale After Peru
After Peru and Book 2, July was the long exhale — home in Santa Fe for monsoon season, watching the storms come in, and letting the land do its thing while I recovered from finishing something.
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The Joy to Live
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A Birthday on Another Continent
Sister's 60th birthday: overnight flights, German cobblestones, Amsterdam canal light, Brussels chocolate, and finally Bruges — which earned every superlative I have and a few I had to invent.
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A World Embraced by Love