Mom, calm down… →

Published August 25, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 25  ·  ,

It’s only a splinter! I usually only show the rosy side of travelling and jumping on stuff. Well, seems I picked up a wee sliver of England at RDV XI. (ask me about the barefoot bail into thorns) Yes my tetanus immunization is up to date. THIS is why you should always travel with your personalized med kit… #DIY Tracy trained all day while I did my “wimpy lion with a thorn in its paw” imitation. Hopefully good to go tomorrow #famousLastWords (PSA: early symptoms of Tetanus include jaw spasms, drooling, excessive sweating and irritability? …oh i’ve had that for 45 years then :P

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Familiar faces at the Louvre →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24  ·  

Liberty leads the people of France to victory; The Mona Lisa and her famous smile; The raft of the Medusa (a famous shipwreck); Venus sans her arms

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Sizzling hot in Paris →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24  ·  

We spent most of the day wandering around the Louvre which is sorta mostly kinda no not really climate controlled. Today I learned the French are straight-up allergic to air conditioning.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chapel of the Holy Cross →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24

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French Bakery →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24  ·  

I have, apparently, died and gone to heaven. We were walking, and everyone going the other direction was carrying baguettes… hmmmmm, might be a bakery ahead. carbs. more carbs. ohmagerdCARBS!!

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Musée d’Orsay →

Published August 23, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 23  ·  

This lady seems familiar…

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Eiffel Tower →

Published August 23, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 23  ·  

If you’re going to be tourists, I say go ‘all in’. Not crowded at all, zipped right in. Still breezy and cool this morning!

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Welcome to Paris →

Published August 23, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 23  ·  

Notre Dame at dawn!

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A generation of men raised by women →

Published August 22, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 22

Without male mentors, many men of this generation have felt adrift, unsure of how to deal with an indescribable but acute lack in their lives.

How did we get to the point where it is possible, as Edward Abbey put it, “to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood?”

~ Brett McKay from, A Generation of Men Raised by Women | The Art of Manliness

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Mental badassery: Becoming aware of the stories we tell ourselves →

Published August 22, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 22

Now, telling ourselves stories is natural — we all do it, all the time. There’s nothing wrong with it. But if we’re not aware of the stories we tell ourselves, we can’t understand how they shape our happiness, relationships, moods, and more.

~ Leo Babauta from, Mental Badassery: Becoming Aware of the Stories We Tell Ourselves – Zen Habits Website

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