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The Collapsing Soviet Union
The Russian Far East is a place few people ever see…even for Russians. So it’s not surprising that it’s a bit neglected. Its history is one of exploration, doomed voyages, military positioning, and...
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What it’s Like to Live in the Russian Far East
My plate…appetizing? I zipped my jacket trying to stave off the chill in the air blowing off the Bering Sea. It was a dismal gray day. I sat on a plastic chair on the beach next to rusty scrap metal,...
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Small and Short Never Looked So Good
I pulled on my gumboots, bundled up in my layers of coats and raingear ready for a messy trek through the forest. Rodney, our expedition leader, announced today was the day we would do a long tundra...
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Zooming in on Telephoto Photography
Getting used to a long lens… Everything just felt wrong. I didn’t know how to carry the lens, hold it or even lock it into place! It felt as if I had grown a third arm or 11th finger; everything was...
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Animals in the Arctic Wildlife Photography
Close encounters…with our skilled expedition leaders He raises his nose in the air and sniffs at the air, trying to get our scent, but the wind isn’t cooperating with him. He knows we are there, but...
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Week In-stagram Review San Agustin Etla
Every evening at 5:30 it happens…the aroma starts to waft through the streets of San Agustin Etla, my temporary home for a month. My olfactory senses take over and I’m walking up the hill just so I can...
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Why I Hate my 40’s
Whomever said your 40’s are great are full of shit. We’ve all heard and read it – “40 is the new 30”, “40 and Fabulous!”, “Age is Just a Number!”, and the list of magazine headlines that prop you up go...
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The Coolest Place to Sleep in Berlin
As I drove down the autobahn in Germany I kept seeing cars passing me pulling tiny ‘bubble campers’. Many of them were old little caravans that were only big enough for a bed. I thought about the tiny...
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Things to do in Stuttgart for the Automotive Nut
What better place to start a Germany road trip than the automotive capital of Germany? Every 4 people who live in Stuttgart are in automotive industry. Not only do you have a Mercedes Automobile...
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Why are We Still Cuckoo for Clocks
In our modern digital world, why cuckoo clocks? Time flies. Time travel. Time to go. What time is it? Have you ever thought about the origin of time? When did we start to care about time and why? When...
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The Best of the Wurst
I drove into the little hamlet of Holzhausen Germany, nestled in the rolling hills and blanketed in morning fog; it seemed like a German fairy tale. Everything and every person were rather precise,...
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US National Parks in Photos
I just celebrated my birthday bitching about how much I hate my 40’s. I might not be ok with aging, but there is someone who is. No, I’m not talking about the dancing 106 year old woman who met the...
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7 Things You Learn Inside a Restaurant Kitchen
They appeared to glide around the small space as if they had been dancing together for years. Each knowing the other persons next move; it was beautiful fluid movement however it wasn’t accompanied by...
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