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Bird’s Eye Views
Category Archives: Travel
Souvenir Coins
When traveling, it’s fun to bring back souvenirs. Years later, they are memory jogs for pleasant reminiscing. Souvenirs aren’t only for tourists, small gifts received as rewards for special events serve the same purpose. I prefer regular pocket change coins … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, photography, Travel, Vintage Collectables
Tagged foreign coins, pocket change, U.S. Proof Sets
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Safe And Sound
It was a very near miss one August afternoon in 1999 near Worthington in southern Minnesota. I remember it vividly because it was such a close brush with serious injury or death. I was behind the wheel of my 1986 … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Transportation, Travel
Tagged accidents, safety, traffic accidents, VW Quantum Syncro
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Marble Canyon Halloween Story
The quarantine has been a good time to take care of some bluejayblog archive maintenance. Since I started the WordPress portion of this blog on February 12, 2011, I haven’t done any bandwidth space saving culling measures by eliminating large … Continue reading
Breakfast Time
A good way to become more mindful about one’s morning routine, is to be an overnight guest. The first time I stayed overnight with my boyfriend, I observed what he did and the order in which he performed his morning … Continue reading
The Great Outdoors
I have just finished applying a coating of Aveeno anti-inch lotion onto three clusters of mosquito bites on my arms and neck. This is in addition to several places where chiggers chowed down on my lower legs near the ankles. … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Entertainment, Health, Hometown, Meanderings, Travel, Youth
Tagged biting insects, Lincoln Nebraska, Minnesota, outdoors activities, outdoors lifestyle, ticks, vacations
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Like A Hermit
To be isolated from human contact for long periods of time is considered to be a severe punishment. Inmates at penitentiaries who violate prison regulations are placed in solitary confinement. Anecdotal evidence claims that prisoners would rather be in the … Continue reading
Posted in Contemplation, Health, Meanderings, philosophy, religion, Travel
Tagged hermits, isolation, monks, solitary confinement, spiritual retreats
7 Comments
