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Report Anything Unusual

June 2, 2014
by Beth

All the signs about security cameras in the UK make Beth feel unhappy.

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  • Virginia

Dreams of Horses

March 18, 2014
by Beth

Like many young girls, I went through a horsey phase. I read Black Beauty and Misty of Chincoteague and played with a plastic horse that I could walk into its stable  by pressing down on its back...

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  • D.C.

All Roads Lead to Afghanistan

October 9, 2013
by Beth

One year ago, Beth ate at Charcoal Kabob in Reston, Virginia, and was reminded of why she wants to go to Afghanistan.

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  • Boulder

Boulder’s 100-Year Flood

September 12, 2013
by Beth

Many, many inches of rain have fallen in the cities along the Front Range in the past few days. Lyons has been cut off, and other cities, including Denver, are evacuating some residents. Here on the...

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  • Kansas City

In Remembrance of Matt

August 13, 2013
by Beth

Today is my eldest brother Matt’s birthday. He was born in 1952, so he would have been 61. He died in late January 2012. I was missing him today, thinking of how I wish I could have broken...

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  • Cancer

Cancer Jitters, Because Why Not?

July 30, 2013
by Beth

I was stumped by my funk last week. What did I have to complain about? I’d had my week of checkups, and was told that everything was okay. I’d been felt up by two female doctors and a...

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  • Roller derby

Selling Photos at the Colorado Cup

April 28, 2013
by Beth

Beth makes her first foray into photography sales.

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  • Kansas City South

Parents: They Keep Going and Going

September 17, 2012
by Beth

Beth visits her mother's gravesite for the first time in twenty years, which makes her sound like a terrible daughter.

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  • Cancer
  • Photography

Beth’s Journey to Radiation

August 22, 2012
by Beth

How Beth got to her radiation treatments at the University of Colorado Hospital from the 15L bus stop at Aurora Court and Colfax. (Unfortunately, she forgot to photograph the sign outside the...

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  • Photography
  • South Broadway Denver

Yoga Studio in the Baker Neighborhood, Denver, I

August 2, 2012
by Beth

Beth photographs the transformation of a graffiti-plagued building in her Denver neighborhood into a yoga studio.

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  • Congress Park Denver

Color

July 19, 2012
by Beth

Beth visits the Denver Botanic Gardens and finds a gigantic hen and chicks plant.

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Outsourcing Comes Back to America

March 31, 2012
by Beth

Recently I had a brief email conversation with a Colorado Voices columnist at the Denver Post, Vicki Davison. She wrote a column about how she liked to shop at Walmart, in part because Walmart...

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  • Kansas City

Three Things about Matt

February 20, 2012
by Beth

As many of you know, my eldest brother Matt died sometime between January 27 and January 30, when police broke into his apartment and took his body to the coroner. We think the cause of death was a...

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Forest Primeval

January 26, 2012
by Beth

Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center lies southwest of the Ballard neighborhood where we stayed in Seattle. Located on the western edge of Discovery Park, it overlooks Puget Sound. Years ago, Indian...

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MonHaibun: Ballard in the morning

January 2, 2012
by Beth

She has gray hair and sleeps in the doorway. She fits her back into it, concave, her face out for safety. Sitting on her bedding at 8:30 in the morning, she packs her small troupe of possessions for...

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  • Cancer

How Cancer Distorts the English Language

December 21, 2011
by Beth

I’m an impatient person who is getting lots of lessons in patience lately. My life seems like a film shoot: wait, wait—a flurry of activity—and then more waiting. I just got the results from...

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  • Cancer

What I Forgot

December 11, 2011
by Beth

Two days after moving into the basement of another friend’s house, I unpacked some of the items in our camping box. I wanted the blue polyester napkins I’d had since graduate school and a...

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  • Oregon Portland

Fear of Heights: Adventures in Conquering It

October 19, 2011
by Beth

Lately I’ve been photographing a lot with my BlackBerry. It doesn’t have a very good camera, but it’s a lot lighter than my Canon DSLR. I carry it with me everywhere, so it’s...

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Unsettled, Deliberately

September 7, 2011
by Beth

When Todd and I planned our 12 Cities, 1 Year trip, we anticipated that moving from one city to another every month might get a little tedious. Now we’re two months into our trip, about to head...

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Wanting what I want

August 19, 2011
by Beth

I’ve been wondering how this 12 Cities, 1 Year trip should change me. I know one thing I want to change: the anxiety that besets me when I’m about to do anything new or meet anyone new...

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  • Montana

How I Define Adventure

July 20, 2011
by Beth

That’s the trouble, you see. Here I am starting the 12 Cities, 1 Year tour, and I don’t have the faintest idea how to do it. How do I distill the essence of a city and then write it for...

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  • Boulder

Gourmet Cupcakes

May 2, 2011
by Beth

I was tempted to title this post “Weird-Ass Cupcakes” because it seemed appropriate. But then I remembered all my foodie friends and thought I should temper my opinion. I was in Boulder a...

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Shedding My Skin

April 19, 2011
by Beth

I have a lot on my mind these days. Todd and I are getting ready to sell this house and travel the western half of the United States for a year. It’s not good timing. My father is in assisted living...

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  • downtown Denver
  • Photography

Delight in Downtown Denver

April 7, 2011
by Beth

I had a wonderful evening in downtown Denver Thursday night. It was cool out but not cold, and the streets and bars and restaurants were full of animated people. I got off the B at Wynkoop and 15th...

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Nuff Said

April 4, 2011
by Beth

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