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June 23, 2011

Graduations: Love them and Weep.

When my #2 child Mira was in kindergarten, she painted this little clay pot which held one spindly piece of cactus. And so now, as my #3, and last, child graduates from high school and I contemplate a long over due repotting – I find an analogy!

June 24, 2011

A Rite of Passage with Aunt Nancy

Nancy has taken 5 nieces and nephews on a 14th birthday family adventure over the last 10 years. Number 6 is coming up!

spectacled caiman in Costa Rica June 14, 2011

Does Your Family Capture the Fun?

Nothing like capturing a shot that forever reminds you of your family adventure .. so here are our latest top three photo contest winners (in no particular order): A lurking spectacled caiman may come as a surprise, but there are lots of them to be found in the canals of Tortuguero in Costa Rica. Thanks…

June 9, 2011

Lost and Found in Egypt

So the obvious comment is, how can you lose a pyramid? But time and landscape changes have done it. And now, with new age infra-red technology, from space no less, these lost pyramids have been found. From the sky, 17 pyramids have been discovered along with 1000 tombs and 3000 settlements. Egyptian authorities were skeptical…

June 22, 2011

Haiku and Kilimanjaro

Last week we invited our friends to submit a haiku in return for a $200 credit toward climbing the great mountain this summer. With 5 syllables, Kilimanjaro simply *invites* haiku…

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