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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: T&L Storms

The clouds and the sky, uninterrupted here, are quite distracting while driving. Plumes of crisp, starchy whites, grey veils and every shade (or absence of shade) in between transformed the space above the horizon to a mesmerizing and dizzying focal point. Entering the Rockies from the Great Plains there was a lot of cloud action [...]

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These are a few of my favorite things: Pancakes

What can I say? I am all about a morning batch of pancakes. As long as I can remember I have had it bad for flapjacks. From when my mom used to mix up the boxed kind when I was a peon, to my taking over duties for the household years later, to my early [...]

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Roy Orbison’s Voice

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Taking Pictures

Ever since I got my first Le Click camera as a lil’ bambino I have loved taking pictures. I have albums documenting my life, its inhabitants and biomes, since elementary school. I have several theories about why that I’m sure you’ll find cogent had I the energy to explain. But it’s mostly that I think [...]

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Day-long Bike Rides

Happiness is a day on da bike. After a hearty breakfast of my bona fide best vegan pancakes in the world, my bike bud and I hopped from Kings to Queens, a grossly under-represented borough in my New York City repertoire. Bike bud, having acquired expansive knowledge of bike hot-spots, showed me a sunnier side [...]

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: The Radiolab Podcast

In my elementary, middle and high school education I excelled more in the language arts and humanities. I wrote my way out of atrocious grades, learning early that one writing assignment could compensate for a term’s worth of lacklusterness. As a tight-lipped introverted wallflower extraordinaire or, later, the queen of truancy, the voice I expressed [...]

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Coney Island

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Roadside Attractions

Steve Heller’s Auto Art, Route 28, Boiceville, NYKelder’s Farm/World’s Largest Garden Gnome, Route 209, Kerhonkson, NY Thrift stores/Swap meets/flea markets/antique shops, Napanoch, NY

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Carnivals

Carnivals (Napanoch, New York)June 28, 2009© Karen Zacconi

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