etherealdrifter

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In a Starbucks in Laguna Niguel, across the street from Saddleback College, finished grading and reading the #NewYorkTimesReviewofBooks, listening to Bizet, waiting for my children to finish rehearsing (after taking my daughter to the doctor in the morning). Day rolls into day, and word is I'm one of seven billion. I am not sure how I'm supposed to feel at this moment. I just know I exist. #kindle #radio #busylife #starbucks #newyorktimes

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Today is her first meet. #runner #running #distancerunner #crosscountry #xc (at Martin Luther King High School)

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I so appreciate all that Coach Billy Potts has done for the Twins. Good to see him today. #track #trackandfield (at Fiesta Village Family Fun Park)

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Happiness is still being able to help your son with that last, difficult math problem. This was over pizza late last night. #math #algebra #twosystems #happiness #dad #lifewithtwins #pizza #homework (at Joe's Italian Restaurant)

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Breakfast and old course notes of a late beloved professor. #breakfast #lecture #biblical #jesus #bible #academia #theology #phd #startingtheday (at Soup Shoppe)

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I so appreciate all that Coach Billy Potts has done for the Twins. Good to see him today. #track #trackandfield (at Fiesta Village Family Fun Park)

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Back in the office for a new semester. The desk of a professor of humanities. #books #humanities #academics #academia #music #poetry (at CBU Online and Professional Studies)

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First edition, with dust jacket. 525 pennies #book #books #bookstagram #instabooks #shelfie #literature #poetry #auden (at Riverside, California)

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Still California Dreamin' Happy Labor Day Weekend! #sky #bluesky #clouds #palmtrees #southerncalifornia (at Riverside, California)

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I am a total nerd, but usually have little time for that side of me. But the Friday presentation is nearing completion, and it's only 12:35 pm on a holiday weekend Sunday, so I'm at the park with the external antenna clipped to a tree through the moonroof. #radio #swl #hamradio (at Mountain View Park)

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She put in 2.5 miles today in her recovery. She lives up to her nickname of "Bulldog." #rehab #runner #running #distancerunner #crosscountry #xc (at Orangecrest, Riverside)

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Hello, Sunday morning. #tea #sundaymorning (at Orangecrest, Riverside)

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Fightin' for every inch. His first high school race. The frosh-soph boys took first as a team in a big, early meet. Great job. They have trained hard. #crosscountry #xc #runner #running #distancerunner #athletics (at Riverside, California)

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Tying up some loose ends for an introductory lecture at the end of next week for my Ethics and Public Policy course in the Doctor of Public Administration Degree. Thus is ending my one week off this summer, though I'm looking forward to an active Labor Day weekend. #philosophy #ethics #lunch #book #books #bookstagram #instabook #shelfie #bibliophile #academia #professor #lifeisgood (at Kraemers Koffee Bistro)

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My life. #orthodontist #hereandthere #twins #lifewithtwins (at Larson Orthodontics)

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Respite #lunch #sandwich #weekoff #gradesarein #peace (at Backstreet Restaurant)

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Off they go to their first day of high school (from our super secret drop-off spot, as there are well over 3000 students at the school). I heard my daughter bugging her brother to wake up at 5:30 am! Later: Dad: [At desk working] Daughter: "Dad, we've got to go." Dad: "But you don't have to be there for an hour and a half." Daughter: [Blank look] #twins #lifewithtwins #firstdayofschool #highschool #imfree (at Martin Luther King High School)