Posted On: January 3, 2010
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One year ago today, our bonafide BreakAway of 69 days had just begun. By the time it was done we had hopped between five West Indian islands and enjoyed a grand family adventure.
Yet even…
Posted On: November 27, 2009
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What do your Christmas memories look like? With any luck, you see some heartfelt, colorful scenes of gathering, feasting, singing, baking, decorating, giving, gratitude and more. Let’s hope those traditions live on—whatever your beliefs. And…
Posted On: September 19, 2009
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The suffering economy may be leading people to couponing and cocooning, but we’re still suffocating in stuff. Gosh, when I recently took some high-quality clothes to a local consignment store, they rejected almost all of…
Posted On: July 13, 2009
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In the 139 days since I’ve been back from our latest BreakAway, I’ve noticed some shifts and differences in my mindframe and routine. Here’s a quick list of 11:
Post-BreakAway I…
Care less about my…
Posted On: June 21, 2009
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Some of my more devout readers have been saying, “Hey, Horse: How come you don’t write much personal, emo-navel-gazing stuff lately, like you did before your BreakAway and while you were in the islands?” Good…
Posted On: May 1, 2009
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Gretchen Rubin is generating quite the buzz with her “Happiness Project.” And in this HuffPost blogpost, she asserts that reliving happy memories from the past is one small secret that happy people share. I so…
Posted On: April 7, 2009
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For the final Travelog entry, may I present my perfect children. I took hundreds of pictures of them, but published only a few on this website. In this technological era of tell-all exhibitionism and voyeurism,…
Posted On: April 1, 2009
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Seven weeks ago, a free, faraway feeling ruled the day. Back home, not so much. Life has resumed the habit-busy ways that pass for normal these days. Every family member has gone through permutations of…
Posted On: February 25, 2009
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When Dorothy gushed, “There’s no place like home,” she was not choosing between Caribbean and Cold. But she got home, as have we, and it feels odd as Oz. The kids were elated like Munchkins. …
Posted On: February 24, 2009
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On Day 69—the last day—as we prepare to fly away from Temporary Retirement and Approximate Paradise, some stories stand out. Some days still glow. Some moments feel like sprouting soul-seeds rather than mere memories. Like…
