Category Archives: Life

Van Life Begins

Posted on September 20, 2022 by smithposts

We finally picked up our van and what an adventure we had… Continue reading →

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Sweeping out a lackluster week.

Posted on September 11, 2022 by smithposts

This is one week that I will be glad to whisk out the backdoor. Not that it was a bad week, no, I have had much worse. Instead, this has been of the wearisome variety, a wasted week. I have … Continue reading →

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Officially Fall, sorta…

Posted on September 5, 2022 by smithposts

It’s official, fall is here, at least meteorological fall (September 1-November 30). While we won’t see temperatures associated with fall until well after the autumnal equinox, fall is in the air. I can hear it in the chatter of the … Continue reading →

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Vanlife…

Posted on July 26, 2022 by smithposts

This happened last week, in Ohio… We left her at the dealership for a while, we still have a foot trip to take before we can focus on van adventures. But oh, the places we will go…

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Five things…

Posted on April 9, 2022 by smithposts

Below is a handful of things that happened this week. 1. A Favorite, Sunset Season, is Coming to an End As trees’ leaf out, a process that is happening rather quickly right now, our views from the hill will become … Continue reading →

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Apex, NC, in search of a RV…

Posted on April 4, 2022 by smithposts

I briefly mentioned in my last post that we are thinking about truck campers and camper vans. Actually, John has been thinking about campers for a long time, I am fairly new to the game. I have been waiting for … Continue reading →

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Five things….

Posted on March 30, 2022 by smithposts

“Five things”, is that even still a thing? Is blogging still a thing?! Certainly, it hasn’t been with me. So many things to do and so little time spent recording them, hikes hiked, trips taken, little successes, little moments, all … Continue reading →

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Christmases Past and Present…

Posted on December 27, 2021 by smithposts

Several nights ago I spent a few hours lost in a blog I kept between 2004-2013. My goal was to find a poem I jotted down during the hustle-bustle of a Christmas season in a year whose date I could … Continue reading →

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Two Weeks Before Christmas…

Posted on December 11, 2021 by smithposts

Early this morning we took coffee out to the veranda to watch a glorious sunrise. Seems like sunrises this time of year are especially spectacular with their delicious pallet of pinks, reds and yellows. Watching sunrises (and sunsets) over the … Continue reading →

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Summer gardening…

Posted on July 25, 2021 by smithposts

I have officially thrown in the towel and declared defeat on the Summer 2021 gardening season. After all it is almost August and the marigolds are brown stalks of dried leaves (maybe deadheading would have helped), front garden Lenten Roses … Continue reading →

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