Elin Stebbins Waldal's Blog, page 7
September 4, 2014
Take a Hike
“I see nothing which I have seen before; A man is never lost, he has only been mislaid. Got to move on, got to travel, walk away my blues.” -Terry Russell Yesterday I took a hike. The trail I chose wended its way through a canyon which led to an enormous hill with a water tower […]
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August 31, 2014
Tall Ships and Sand Sculptures, Exploring San Diego
Jimmy and I kicked off the labor day weekend on Saturday by heading downtown to spend time along the Embarcadero in San Diego, and while there, we saw tall ships and world class sand sculptures. Happily both of those events were on my, Exploring San Diego Bucket List (#SBLC), under the description, All Things Downtown. Because we live in north county–and labor […]
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August 29, 2014
I Never Expected to Grieve for My Mother
Lined up in the garage as if they are expecting us still are the dining room chairs of my youth. In all there are five. Yet now, as if in a dream, I see eight. Eight wood chairs—each pushed under an antique table that, if you were not seated in the middle where the leaves […]
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May 24, 2014
A Memorial Day Love Story
Because my mother is no longer alive to ask, I try to imagine the emotions that would have been swirling through her mind as she entered Penn Station on an unknown day in early January of 1944—fear, excitement—surely she must have experienced both. It was cold then, temperatures hovered around 27 degrees—and although I don’t […]
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May 2, 2014
My Writing Life–A Blog Tour About Writing
We gave our son, who is a rock climber, a Go Pro for his 27th birthday. If you are not familiar…it is a small movie camera that one can strap to their head, dashboard, bike–whatever–and it, the Go Pro, will then film what’s happening in the moment. But when my husband, Jimmy, mentioned to our […]
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My Writing Life–A Blog Hop About Writing
We gave our son, who is a rock climber, a Go Pro for his 27th birthday. If you are not familiar…it is a small movie camera that one can strap to their head, dashboard, bike–whatever–and it, the Go Pro, will then film what’s happening in the moment. But when my husband, Jimmy, mentioned to our […]
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April 27, 2014
Write What Haunts You
“Write what haunts you, lest you spend your life amidst drivel. Write what you care most about, the beauty, the absurdity, and the sorrow of the world.”–Jane Resh Thomas In the quiet of an unoccupied room I exhaled the words I’d just read in a whisper… “Write what haunts you…” Had you asked me prior to […]
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April 15, 2014
Twisted Mix Tape: Farewell
Endings are tough. Culturally I feel it’s fair to say we don’t do them justice. Things end and we are taught to bury our emotion, move on, get over it. And yet…if we listen…we hear about heartache, missed opportunities and loss in the music. Thankfully artists bite clear into the core of the apple of emotion, […]
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February 20, 2014
What a week can do: Perspective Day 20
Although my commitment to daily blogging hasn’t exactly been perfect this month, I am happy to say when it comes to my announcement on Day 11 to reclaim my health and love for exercise, things are looking good. It turns out what I really needed was a kick in the ass from an electronic device–yes, […]
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February 18, 2014
Five Favorites: Twisted Mix Tape
It’s been way to long since I managed to put together a Twisted Mix-Tape for Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday. Today I promised myself I would get it done before midnight…and miraculously…it looks as if I actually just might pull it off. Theme for the week is my pick so I think I am going […]
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