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  • Fried Prickly Pear Cactus

    So, I got heat stroke yesterday. And it was more frightening than the time I almost wrecked myself on sharp rocks while surfing. A word to the wise: the elements generally win. So, what was I doing to incur the wrath of the Arizona sun? I was spending an hour and a half cleaning up…

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  • Home Sweet Home

    There’s no place like home. Especially when you know you’ll get to call it home for a while. Ben and I celebrated our fifth anniversary a week ago! We realized that we’ve experienced a lot in our half-decade of marriage. Most notably, we survived Ben’s med school journey. I also survived my master’s program. We…

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  • Goodbye, Med School!

    “I am going to burn my white coat.” That was Ben’s half-joking answer to my question about his plans for his short white coat, the daily uniform of med students that distinguishes them from long-coat-wearing doctors. I was thinking of making a shadowbox, but OK. The fact that we were even having that conversation means…

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  • Hart Park in Bakersfield

    Aside from Kito nearly killing herself by running in front of a speeding dirt bike, our favorite moments have lately been spent in the rolling hills of Hart Park. Hart Park is a glorious web of hiking and biking trails that climb high into the hills above the outskirts of Bakersfield, overlooking not only stately…

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  • Little Free Library

    Our time in California is affording me all kinds of nice discoveries. I’ve talked about the bluffs and mentioned the hiking. One of the other things I love about our Cali home is the Little Free Library down the street! If you’re not familiar with Little Free Libraries, get thee to the interwebs to learn…

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  • Remembering Becca

    February is a significant month for me, for a lot of reasons. First of all, Valentine’s Day (or maybe I prefer February 15th, when all the chocolate goes on sale… let’s be real), and also my birthday are in this month. Secondly, February is congenital heart defect awareness month. CHD has an impact on my…

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