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BLISSED OUT ON SUNSHINE

By Camille, on September 6th, 2010

I love our new clothes line! After giving a lot of thought to what kind of line I wanted, I chose the Hills Hoist Rotary Clothesline because it was durable, pretty, can easily be taken down in bad weather and spins in the breeze. I ordered it online from Breeze Dryer.

When Bob and I [...]

THE HOME PLACE

By Camille, on May 29th, 2010

Our "Home" en route from Maui to Nicaragua December 2004

Bob and I have been on the move all our lives and went into hyper-mobilization after we got together. We’ve moved every fifteen months on average over the eighteen years since we threw in together. Like they sing in that song, wherever we hung our [...]

INSPIRATION

By Camille, on December 29th, 2009

The last week of December is the week when I usually make my New Year’s Resolutions. But Bob and I are moving this week and are consumed with the endless chore of packing, cleaning, unpacking, sorting and shuffling our monstrous mountain of household goods.

Today should be our last day in Camelina and tomorrow we’ll [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NANA!

By Camille, on December 15th, 2009

Nana and Susi outside her New Jersey home.

Today is the 107th anniversary of your birth. For as long as I can remember, you’ve been part of my life. Thank you for all that you taught me while you were here. Thank you for thirty-five years of unconditional love. I think of you every day [...]

WHITE WINE AND DARK CHOCOLATE

By Camille, on May 9th, 2009

Another long day in a string of long days. It’s Saturday. I pour myself a second glass of white wine, head to the back of the trailer (ahem, Camelina) and pick up a piece of dark chocolate from the back bedroom. I put the glass on the bathroom sink, place the chocolate on my tongue [...]

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS

By Camille, on December 29th, 2008

Life can be short and unpredictable, yet I have so far escaped serious trauma. My husband, parents and brothers are all still alive and well.

Two weeks ago, our good friend Lyle suddenly lost his brother to cancer. Karen, my riding buddy, lost her mother last month and Nancy, another friend lost her husband last year. [...]

BUENA VISTA

By Camille, on July 2nd, 2008

I can’t explain what fascinates me about hay bales in a freshly mown field, but every time I come across this bucolic scene, I have to stop and drink it in. Bob suspects it’s the connection between hay and horses that captivates me. Naturally, I was delighted when a crew moved in to mow and [...]

GUERRILLA SOLAR

By Camille, on June 9th, 2008

My intention was to go back to sleep after I said goodbye to Bob and Greg shortly after 6:00 this morning. They were headed out for a day of waste vegetable oil collection which would involve endless hours of standing on hot asphalt with a hose, sucking warm oil into the pumper truck.

The high was [...]

A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR

By Camille, on November 22nd, 2007

I’m watching the Pacific surf roll onto the beach from the west windows of Scott and Rowena’s home at dawn. I have the whole day ahead of me and it promises to be another good one, full of laughter, food, stories and hikes along the beach.

The sea foam is tinted pink as is [...]