The Modern Postcard
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Notes from Home: Postcards from the Future
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden It’s about a five-minute drive from our home in San Diego to the post office where our mail is delivered. With the local NPR station … Read More
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Touring the Salinas Valley: California’s “Salad Bowl of the World”
“It’s the state vegetable of California,” Evan Oakes says proudly as he hands me a flowery green stem. “In fact, 90 percent of all artichokes in North America come from Monterey County.” I’m standing at the edge of an artichoke field at Pezzini Farms, the first stop on Evan’s Ag Ventures tour of the Salinas … Read More
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Notes from Home: Leaving the Galápagos & A Reflective Goodbye
“A man who has been in another world does not come back unchanged.” ~C.S. Lewis, Perelandra I’ve never been very good at saying goodbye. Be it people or places, I’m always all in, unpacking my bags and immersing myself in whatever time I may have somewhere. I carry with me the belief that this may … Read More
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