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• I saw its darkness

  November 14, 2024

  There is but one other major thing I've yet to touch on with regards to that epic walk I took last Sunday. This is the elephant in the room, or perhaps, the elephant on the bridge... It is always there, not just on this metal monster that spans bay, but on so many other bridges.…

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• It stood firm beneath my feet

  November 12, 2024

  Now that it's been a couple of days since I undertook a very rare experience, I am finding that I have some afterthoughts. There were some observations I noticed during that time that were overshadowed by other thoughts. One of which was something I was most curious about beforehand. This was bro...

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• That great steel sentinel of the waters

  November 11, 2024

  Yesterday I took a walk, a very long walk of some six miles, and I had plenty of time to think. And so very much to think about! As I trod across the backbone of one of the twin steel serpents that spans the Chesapeake Bay, my mind wandered to the past and then back…

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• “The Thing That Should Not Be?”

  November 10, 2024

  Wow. Just what can I say about today? And where to start? From the time I set out for Annapolis to later in the afternoon was an incredible adventure. As I headed for the freeway, the dawn greeted me with a spectacular sunrise. Flaming magenta and orange clouds streaked across the sky, as the tan...

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• The night before

  November 9, 2024

  The darkness of early night has come. In less than twelve hours I will rise from sleep, before the dawn, and ready myself for what is to come later in the morning. The last two nights I've had dreams about this coming day. None of them were scary, nor would I have expected them to…

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• The anticipation of Sunday morning

  November 8, 2024

  In less than 48 hours I will be getting up before the dawn and heading south to Annapolis, a little over an hour or so away. I will have to leave my home by no later than a quarter after six in order to arrive by 7:30 at the parking lot in which I have…

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• A drive into the past

  November 7, 2024

  This morning I took my husband to the hospital for his surgery. Well, actually he drove, as I do not like city driving at all. I knew that I would have to drive home as he will be kept overnight. On the way into Baltimore, we came into town via I-83, a road I had…

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• A clearing sky and an evil twin

  November 6, 2024

  Earlier this evening I was in my kitchen preparing dinner and the weather forecast came on. I listened intently, especially for the seven day outlook. And then the weatherman said the phrase I've been wanting to hear. He said the rain would be coming in “late Sunday”! Yes! I did a tiny jump for j...

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• Holding back the rain

  November 5, 2024

  Over the past few days I've been anxiously checking the weather forecast for this weekend, especially Sunday. Thus far, that forecast is ominous. Right now it is at a 30 to 50% chance of rain that day. Which, if that does indeed happen, will mean that I will not get to walk the Chesapeake Bay&hel...

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