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The karate instructor is in his mid-fifties and has been teaching for over thirty years. He and his wife run an acupuncture clinic and the martial arts center and have five children, ages 18-28. [...]

This is what I have learned. When there is something that you think you want so badly, and the world is not offering it to you, listen to that as hard as it may be. Therefore, forget this [...]

Day 6 starts and ends with driving, but we take I-81 South this time and drive 675 miles in 11 hours, stopping once for dinner and finally at a hotel for the night. Day 7 flies buy, 325 more [...]

It’s one night here, another night there, thirteen relatives and a 180 pound dog named Bentley. And today, of all days, International Buy Nothing Day, my mother and I venture to Trader [...]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!!

Five hours and 150 miles later, we arrive to a houseful of kin in Derry, NH, with members travelling from as far away as Oregon and as close as neighboring Hooksett, NH. Whereas with the earlier [...]

The maxim proves true. Volvos DO fix themselves, and whose car was it that was used in the morning to take my uncle to the store in order to buy a new battery for his SUV that sat stranded in a [...]

We begin by applying a thick wrapping of electrical tape around the exhaust hose beneath the engine of my Volvo, then hit the road for what will be 365 miles or seven and a half hours of driving. [...]

It’s been a fascinating week, even though it’s been a bit disheartening. All week long I’ve been hoping to hear from DD. Instead, Cass calls (representing the past) and Cam calls (representing [...]

Eighth: You learn that there is a difference between heartbreak and disappointment. This is a disappointment. That’s all. Two months is only a blink. And what grand news! This time, instead of [...]