July 3, 2001 It's the second night in my Michigan campsite. My plan for this trip has always been to head to Montana to do some fly fishing. Last night I spent some time reading about mayflies. When I woke up this morning there was a mayfly on my tent. It was the first thing …
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Mayfly-A Fly Fishing Woman’s Tale
I am reblogging this once more for two people I recently met who fly fish. When I was newly divorced and my kids were off to college I used to go to a place with a band every Friday evening with my single female friends. Heads up and stomachs sucked in, we pretended to …
Remembering My Dad-Our Ambulance Camper
Somebody once wrote “I dream things that never were and say 'why not?'" My family lived these words long before they were ever written. In the late 1950's, when our small town fire department put its outdated ambulance up for sale at a bargain price, my father bought it. It wasn't a box van like …
It’s All About the Math-Hiking in the Adirondacks
One day when I was 46, I decided to hike all 46 of The High Peaks of the Adirondacks. I tend to live out my life in headlines, always proclaiming a new interest with passion and bursts of wild enthusiasm. So 46 at 46! The coincidence had a certain mystical quality to it and I …
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Resiliency for Traveling through Life! And How to Get It
When I was an elementary teacher, I heard about a summer class, something about making kids stronger. The course description stated that the class was taught by a guidance counselor who had helped students discover their inner strength. I wondered if he would reveal the culmination of all this wisdom in a concise package or …
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The Autonomous Traveler 