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Often, when you travel, you get to try a product that hasn’t yet been introduced at home. I got to thinking yesterday morning as I made my Sunday morning donuts pilgrimage to Casey’s with my daughter. A couple of years ago, while traveling from Alice Springs to Uluru, my mom and I stopped at this convenience store along the road to pick up refreshments for the remaining trek to Uluru. It was a long drive. I was pretty tired because I had been to 4 different countries and had taken multiple flights over the prior couple of weeks without too much rest. I had endured the stress of classwork, the fatigue from flying, and other unpleasant problems associated with travel. I began to wonder if this whole thing was a good idea. I wondered even more when I caught my mom next to a fence talking to some emus. What have I done? Why am I here? Why is my mother talking to farm animals? So we fueled up, and I picked up something to drink. When I saw the bottle of Coca-Cola with Coffee, I simply had the inclination to consume as much caffeine as possible, but it wasn’t bad. I like coffee and I like Coke. What could go wrong? Well, nothing did go wrong. We made it to our destination refreshed and awake. But I wondered, would I ever have that experience again? Not just driving in the middle of Australia, but all of the things associated

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One of my Facebook friends shared a video recently. In the video she talked extensively about self-change, shame, abuse, and trauma. She spoke of confronting

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in the last post I talked about how I’m probably not going to repaint the bike. There are some worn out parts on the bike

Schwinn, Part 2

My last post described my reasons for the restore of this old bike. The family connection, passing on an heirloom to the next generation and

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Home Page Coca-Cola with Coffee

Coca-Cola plus Coffee

Often, when you travel, you get to try a product that hasn’t yet been introduced at home. I got to thinking yesterday morning as I

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Schwinn Restoration, Part 4

One of my Facebook friends shared a video recently. In the video she talked extensively about self-change, shame, abuse, and trauma. She spoke of confronting

Schwinn, Part 3

in the last post I talked about how I’m probably not going to repaint the bike. There are some worn out parts on the bike

Schwinn, Part 2

My last post described my reasons for the restore of this old bike. The family connection, passing on an heirloom to the next generation and

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Home Page Coca-Cola with Coffee

Coca-Cola plus Coffee

Often, when you travel, you get to try a product that hasn’t yet been introduced at home. I got to thinking yesterday morning as I made my Sunday morning donuts

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The Last Leg

I had to take a bit of a break after the last leg of my trip. There were a couple of reasons for this. As I started to take on

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Driving on the Other Side

The drive yesterday through the Australian outback was an adventure. We made the nearly 6-hour drive from Alice Springs to Uluru via car. The car was, more or less, a

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UBER Differences Bangkok

Inexpensive UBER My mom arrived in Bangkok. Her flight was delayed. Even with a long wait at the wrong exit, we eventually found one another. It was late, but everyone

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The Baby on the Motorcycle

We were so anxious to explore the city of Bangkok upon arrival, we hired an Uber—after finding the building in which we were staying—in an attempt to get early exposure

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Sights Unseen

Well, mainland China was really incredible. While much was left unseen, we took in quite a bit for only a week. I don’t know if I will ever have the

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The Container Terminal

One time, in Austin, Texas I went to a shipping container bar.  Come to think of it, that was probably the closest that I had ever been to a shipping

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Home Page Coca-Cola with Coffee

Coca-Cola plus Coffee

Often, when you travel, you get to try a product that hasn’t yet been introduced at home. I got to thinking yesterday morning as I

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Schwinn Restoration, Part 4

One of my Facebook friends shared a video recently. In the video she talked extensively about self-change, shame, abuse, and trauma. She spoke of confronting

Schwinn, Part 3

in the last post I talked about how I’m probably not going to repaint the bike. There are some worn out parts on the bike

Schwinn, Part 2

My last post described my reasons for the restore of this old bike. The family connection, passing on an heirloom to the next generation and

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