Month: October 2015

Driving down the beach

Sometimes I get the urge to drive down the beach. I can legally do so in designated areas in the outer banks. Mostly I think beaches are for walking but I can’t deny the pleasure of cruising 4wd the waterline at sunset and watching the Pelicans air surfing. #obx

Landscape

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen posting from the mountains of Southern Oregon🌲 It’s midweek today, which means I spent much of the day driving my children up and down the mountain. Living rurally, and raising children who are involved in sports and other regular after school activities, makes coordinating schedules a daily challenge. When we …

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Southern Oregon

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen, joining you from the mountains of Southern Oregon, USA where I live with my husband, 16 year old son, and 10 year old daughter. We have chosen to live and raise our family in rural, country setting where we continually strive to forge a strong connection to the land we …

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Home sweet home

I continue my fiction essay BeachGames. To be a book. Maybe. Someday. I almost published it last spring but something was wrong. I’m pleased I waited. So now I’ve ventured out of Rio for surely beach games are everywhere. So I will return to Cuba soon to continue. Then Thailand . Then Cartagena . Always …

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Hiking in Jockeys Ridge

Hiking around Jockeys Ridge on the outer banks is mostly a barefoot pleasure. Except in late summer out come the stickers I’ve never known the official name my whole ouch pull out the sticker burr life. Still sunset from this old shifting dune is the place to be. Even on the coldest day of winter …

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Blossoms

Hi everyone, this is my last post on burndiary, it has been challenging and fun! Thank @davidalanharvey for creating this wonderful chaos and @diegorlando for setting order to it. And thanks to you all for your support! Before leaving you, I have to say I decided to pay a one-year school fee to Natasha ( …

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Aging ain’t a process

One uncle of mine used to tell me: “Don’t believe those who say that aging is a process. One day you’ll wake up, and you’ll be old” This is exactly how I feel after my first 16 days in Africa. But it’s good, that’s probably why I love my job so much despite everything. :) …

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Woman in red

@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. Almost time to say goodbye to the Waredube people and drive back to Addis. :) #uncutproject #journalismgrants @ezuccala

Dancing

@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. The Waredube are one of the last tribes practicing the most severe form of #FGM, infibulation. But in the past 3 years women created watchgroups to monitor FGM activities in their community. FGM is illegal in Ethiopia. In the pic, Waredube women dancing. #uncutproject #journalismgrants