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A Cardinal Rule Of Travel That I Had To Learn 3 Times. | Tao West Ventures

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Mid-lifer travelling and exploring the world with a new set of eyes. Gear & Gadgets. A Cardinal Rule Of Travel That I Had To Learn 3 Times. November 10, 2014. 8220;Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump.” –. One of the first cardinal rules of travel that was pointed out to me after the fact was:. 8220;Never go upstairs anywhere during your travels with a native local unless you absolutely know and/or trust them.”. Fool me once, shame on you. As I played out this scenario in my mind, I s...

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Ask The Hard Questions - The Wherever Writer

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Ask The Hard Questions. Photo by Dominik Bartsch. And licensed under CC by 2.0. Did you know you can build a bridge with a question? My plans were ruined when an employee spotted me and asked in Spanish what I was looking for. With great disappointment, I realized that for all my five months in South America, I still didn’t know the Spanish word for “outlet,” so I said it in English and held up my charger in defeat. 8221; he announced, which jerked the woman from her sleep. I glanced at her; she did.

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What The Worst Golf Shot Teaches Us About Travel - Wandering Earl

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What The Worst Golf Shot Teaches Us About Travel. What The Worst Golf Shot Teaches Us About Travel. July 29, 2015. Stepping up to the tee, I was mighty nervous. I was shaking, I couldn’t think straight at all. It was the first time that the coach of my high school golf team put me in the starting lineup. I was finally playing in a tournament between our school and the high school team of a neighboring town. No longer was I just a member of the worthless practice squad. I didn’t even finish 9 holes of gol...

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Main Street Homestead: Apple heads - guest post by Jeannine S.

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We are a family of four attempting to work our way toward self-sufficiency. We garden, bake, cook, brew and play. We're loving our life and want to share it with you. Friday, August 2, 2013. Apple heads - guest post by Jeannine S. The fun part is that you are never sure how they will turn out. You think they will look one way and the end result is totally different. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to our homestead. View my complete profile. Subscribe To Main Street Homestead. I spent Wednesda...

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Main Street Homestead: Greening up (or tie-dying) the kitchen

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We are a family of four attempting to work our way toward self-sufficiency. We garden, bake, cook, brew and play. We're loving our life and want to share it with you. Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Greening up (or tie-dying) the kitchen. We go through a lot of paper towels. Or we used to. We used them for spills, as napkins, wiping little faces, and probably a bunch of other stuff. I've wanted to get away from being so wasteful with paper products (but not so far as to give up toilet paper! Our four pullets fea...

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Main Street Homestead: Seed porn

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We are a family of four attempting to work our way toward self-sufficiency. We garden, bake, cook, brew and play. We're loving our life and want to share it with you. Sunday, March 4, 2012. A few months ago, I got my seed catalogs in the mail. Jaimie calls them my seed porn. I refer to his cooking magazines as his food porn. It really is porn, because we will look at it for hours on end. We'll admit that we look at the pictures too, not just the articles. My mouth is watering already. Eventually, I'd lik...

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Main Street Homestead: Saturday Breakfast

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We are a family of four attempting to work our way toward self-sufficiency. We garden, bake, cook, brew and play. We're loving our life and want to share it with you. Saturday, October 15, 2011. At the moment, I'm eating a delicious French toast strata that my mother-in-law made. Shelly wanted me to post the recipe, so here it is (with MIL's additions in italics). It's from the April 11, 2011, issue of Ladies' Home Journal. P 110) (Bench, 2011). Photo by Yunhee Kim. French Toast Strata with Raspberries.

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Main Street Homestead: Dutch Baby (aka Panakuken)

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We are a family of four attempting to work our way toward self-sufficiency. We garden, bake, cook, brew and play. We're loving our life and want to share it with you. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Dutch Baby (aka Panakuken). We had a Dutch Baby for breakfast a week ago Sunday, and Shelly wanted me to post about it (Jaimie is writing this post). I found the recipe for Dutch Baby in the Joy of Cooking. That Shelly inherited from her sister when she crossed over. I found the recipe for Dutch Baby. With the wh...

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Main Street Homestead: For $25 a week

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We are a family of four attempting to work our way toward self-sufficiency. We garden, bake, cook, brew and play. We're loving our life and want to share it with you. Wednesday, January 11, 2012. For $25 a week. We decided to eat mostly. Real, because we do have some foods that we just like and know that we'll want them even if they aren't Real. We'll also be eating whatever is already in the fridge or freezer, regardless of whether it's Real, because I dislike wasting (though we did end up donating ...