Slow and Steady

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This has been the picture on the background on my iPhone for the last two years. It’s my reminder to myself: stop, slow down, and appreciate beauty when I discover it.

What a luxury it is—in this modern age of convenient flights—to drive across the country. I got to do it twice, the second time solo.

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I took this on the second day of my drive from Portland, OR to Charlotte, NC last January. Daylight was a precious commodity. I had driven south to avoid the worst of the snow in my tiny car, a...