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Lucy made the place cards for dinner. I talked to a relative of Taylor and his grandma about the sea turtles. How the female spends her entire life in the sea. Except for 30-60 minutes every few years when she'll drag herself onto land at night. Make a hole with her flipper. Fill the hole with her eggs. Then return to the sea.

They said if you are on the beach when the magnificent beast arrives you will be blessed with the memory of her efforts forever.

--All sea turtles are listed as threatened or endangered. Thanksgiving 2006, Vero Beach, FL

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Sometimes when it rains and you really-really want to be camping. You stick it out. Hoping things will eventually clear up.

The rain was beautiful. We drank our coffee and ate cold cereal in the shelter.

--Devil's Lake, WI Aug. 17, 2009

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It had been pretty terrible camping weather. The rain really wasn't stopping. We needed time to make a plan. We stopped into the beautiful north shore Chateau. After poking around the general store, we got some hot coco and played Dominoes.

--Devil's Lake, WI Aug. 17, 2009

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When a big snowfall is about to hit, I get very excited. I can't sleep. I pace back and forth looking out the back windows. Then looking out the front windows.

--SNOWMYGOD, 3rd largest snowfall in Chicago's history, Chicago, IL, Feb. 1-2, 2011

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It has been a very mild winter. This has been good for my bike commute. But not so good for Polar bears, other critters and flooded out humans.

I am not sure when humans will figure it out. We can solve this thing.

--Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL, January 27, 2012, 8:00 am

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The Iowa State Fair has the most amazing things to see. Harry Potter made of butter. Big steer with their own fans. Livestock exhibit areas bigger than galleries in the Louvre.

But what I remember most is the Bauder peppermint bar. We ate them standing up. No one was allowed to share. All chatter turned to silence as we ate two inch tall ice cream sandwiches topped with hot fudge, held together with Oreo crusts. Unbelievable. Can't stop thinking about them.

--July 15, 2006

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Every hotel I slept in. 

--Super 8 Motel, Bettendorf, IA in the Quad Cities. July 14, 2006

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The wedding was beautiful.

--Pacific Ocean, Oceanside, CA, September 22, 2007

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Bathtub at my mother's house.

--Wisconsin, 2007

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I'll never forget looking out my bedroom window and seeing individual leaves on trees. The leaves were fluttering in the wind like little birds.

I was in 5th grade. I was pissed off. Why had nobody told me about such impossibilities?

— New Orleans, LA, March 8, 2011, 10:08 am

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I slept in. It was quiet and sunny.

-- New Orleans, LA, March 8, 2011, 10:04 am

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Boston has some great neon signs. In July of 2010 the people of Boston cheered as the large Kenmore Square CITGO sign was illuminated with more environmentally friendly LED lights.

-- American Airlines (filed for bankruptcy Nov. 29, 2011) terminal, Logan Airport, Boston, MA, Dec. 12, 2011, 4:23 pm 

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We were lost. But we found this. Which is just what we were looking for.

--Nick Engelbert's Grandview, Hollandale, WI (Hwy 39) circa 1936-1951. Restoration by John Michael Kohler Arts Center. July 16, 2009, 12:16 am

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Sometimes. When a girl is feeling low. What she really needs is a few good drinks with her girlfriends.

--Oceanside, CA, Sept. 28, 2007

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This is not the lake I knew from Summer. This lake is trapped. I want to walk out onto it and have it hold my weight.

—Foster Avenue at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL, January 10, 2009, 10:49 am

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I am drawn to the lakefront in a blizzard. The loneliness of the howling wind. The snow contradicts itself. Appearing like a polar fleece blanket. It would be the death of you. 

--Foster Avenue at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL, January 10, 2009, 10:41 am

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The contemporary art in the lobby, was like balloons in the sky. Art historians, art professors and graduate students mingled uncomfortably. All trying to impress and entertain.

--The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles, CA, February 26, 2009, 10:15 pm