Tag: Friends
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Pumpkins and Pals
What’s the highest number of carved pumpkins you have seen at one time? For me, that number was maybe 10 or 20. This year our friends invited us to a pumpkin event with over 3000 of them! Apparently every October Naumkeag and Long Hill put together a display for the public to enjoy for a month. How do…
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When People Really Know You
Doesn’t it just do your heart good when you see a true human connection? This year has been riddled with other-than-fantastic events. The deaths of Chris’ cousin, Mom Pollock, our nephew and a friend were only part of the stressors of the year. We were falling down, but loved ones stepped in as nets to…
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From Snow Banks to River Banks
One of the many benefits of snowboarding/skiing is meeting incredible new people. If you want. I mean, there are definite times for solitude on the slopes. But sometimes you just wanna be more social. When you ride on days that are less busy (like I do — hitting the morning runs on weekdays), you can…
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So Long to Snowboarding
At least for this season. The last couple of months have been quite busy. When I wasn’t working or hanging out with visiting guests, I was grabbing time on the slopes. It’s been a crazy season, but a good one. The weather has been extremely mercurial. It seemed one day it would be well below…
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Tough Decisions
And I wouldn’t mind your tips, dear readers. If you had a few extra hours in your day, and needed to get off your duff, away from monitors and aren’t particularly talented in art, cooking or any endeavors requiring coordination, what would you do? Topic jump. I made two extremely traumatizing decisions (for me) this…
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The Meltoff
Such a bittersweet time of year. As I write this, I sit in my living room with the windows wide open (even though it’s almost five in the evening), and I hear the snow melting. Patches of snow linger on the base of the hill outside my window, teasing us with thoughts of spring hikes.…
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Pana-memories and Meetups
It was just a bit over a year ago when my team gathered in Panama for our annual team meetup. Little did we know how fortunate we were to have that time together. Thanks to global COVID shutdowns shortly after, our team was one of the few that actually got to have a meetup. It…
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Personal Treats
A Mickey Mouse ice cream pop is a huge treat for me. And this summer my husband found one locally and surprised me with it. That meant a lot to me. I enjoyed the treat another time a few years ago with a friend/colleague: And Chris welcomed me home from a trip one time with…