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i am looking out my window. my boss crosses the street to the gas station and i hope his cigarette does not ignite and his body go up in flames. i prepare my mind for a quick response as he gets nearer and nearer to the leaking, putrid pumps and smoke plumes in the already poisoned air and his poisoned lungs.


the flame wouldn't start slowly; it wouldn't catch on one corner of his blue ...

... transaction fee. Thank goodness for Charles Schwab! They have an account in which there is no international transaction fee, there is no ATM fee on their end, and any ATM charge made by the local bank will be reimbursed by Charles Schwab back into your account. Again, thank goodness for Charles Schwab! The only problem is that I found out about this late in the game and my debit card will arrive after I have ...

The ground memorialized at Valley Forge National Park is known mostly for the suffering that happened there one long, cold, snowy winter during the American Revolutionary War. The rehabilitation of the continental army's forces that followed that spring changed the course of the war and, oddly enough, restored the bedraggled soldiers. The establishment of the park was to set aside the land as a means of educating ...

... exactly sure which route we will be taking, its between two right now though. Go north to huaraz or go south to machu pichu. We will most likely follow the peru route of these guys, www.rideforhope.ca, they are two canadians that hannah and i met on the pacific coast and they just finished a ride from there home town in canada to buenos aires, argentina!!! An amazing ride and they did it for a charity so i would ...

Found a church service for tomorrow at noon!!! So, so happy. I get lost as to which day of the week it is so I thought I'd just missed it as I finished my late morning run. Re-thought my days and was gleeful after I figured out it was tomorrow!! So thankful! :) I'm sitting in my hotel room and Jordin's One Step at a Time is playing. Love it. I heard two different songs while in Atlantic City. Wonderful reminders of a great tour, meaningful ...

... program in Africa, she just laughed. I don't think my parents realized how serious I was about going to Dakar, Sengal, to study French with SIT (School for International Training) until I was accepted in the program and my plane tickets appeared in our mailbox. It's only a little past midnight on the date of my departure, and it still hasn't sunk in that I'll be in another country on another continent across the Atlantic Ocean by tomorrow. In 18 ...

... Train 264 to Ulan-Bator, about 36 hours Ulan-Bator/Terelj May 20, 2004 - Train station transfer from Ulan-Bator to Terelj National Park (about 50 miles) "spectacular alpine scenery" according to Lonley Planet. Our driver will have our train tickets from Ulan-Bator to Beijing. May 20-22, 2004 - Double yurt with sprinkles at the Hotel-Buuvelt Gers camp To do in Terelj: Take in the scenery, horse rides around hills/forest May 22, 2004 - Car transfer to Ulan-Bator May 22-23 ...

... register. There was a sign next to the register listing all the sites where the order’s nuns had a convent or mission. One of those turned out to be a few miles from my home in California. What was even more remarkable was that my family had donated the house for that convent. Yet I didn’t know that nuns from that order had occupied it. Discovering that fact provided a connection to the saint that I hadn’t expected to find.

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... their beliefs. It can be seen in their clothes, their transportation, and the incredible cleanliness of their farms and homes. Second, their presence adds a tremendous sense of culture to the area. You can’t look at the covered wagons and the antique farm implements and not feel a sense of community permeating through the area. Third, the crafts that the Amish create have a practicality and a beauty that is difficult to match. There is a good ...

... was that the entrance fee was waived because of our late arrival. Of course, Tom and I are use to speed visiting, so our happiness at the free entry more than offset any disappointment we felt at the little time we had. It must’ve been our lucky day, because the whole experience managed to convey that sense of physical separation that the cloistered tried to achieve in their lives. First, the weather was overcast, with a strong chill in the air. This weather ...