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A literary day

January 22, 2021January 20, 2021 aka gringita

As if 6 hours of the BBC production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice were not enough…

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Corn as high as an elephant’s eye

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021 aka gringita

I’m still pedaling my way down Route 66 (splitting those distances with my group trek down the Camino).

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Family road trip: virtual UK

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021 aka gringita

For Christmas, my family and I started doing a virtual challenge across the UK.

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Why aren’t I asleep?

January 19, 2021January 17, 2021 aka gringita

It’s a question I find myself asking.

Usually silently, inside my head. Occasionally out loud, muttered to no one, as that is mostly who is here to hear.

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Trekking with distant friends

January 18, 2021January 21, 2021 aka gringita

While I wish I could be going and seeing my friends, until then I’m glad to share a virtual challenge with my Asia-cruise gang.

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Wind, Sea, Sky and … Sheep

January 17, 2021January 16, 2021 aka gringita

Ring Road continues to be lovely, as we almost continuously hug the coastline.

The craggy volcanic mountains meet windswept seas.

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VAL: Virtual Africa Loop

January 16, 2021January 15, 2021 aka gringita

This challenge started out as Solo Mission Impossible because with a three-year max limit, I could not possibly walk the equivalent of all the way around Africa.

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11 years (and some change)

January 15, 2021January 11, 2021 aka gringita

On Saturday January 9, 2021, WordPress informed me that it was my anniversary here on the platform.

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Of a Saturday

January 14, 2021January 11, 2021 aka gringita

In which I wake up confused about what day it is — momentarily convinced it’s a Tuesday. Which is better than the other way around, I guess.

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Inauspicious beginning

January 13, 2021January 11, 2021 aka gringita

It’s biological urgency that penetrates my sleep, but I roll over to look at the clock. Squinting without my glasses I can make out that it’s … Seven-thirty something.

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