Outside the Realm-hiking the Inca Trail

I am still baffled by the fact that when I climb a flight of stairs, or walk up a steep hill that I am winded and my heart is going “boom-boom-boom” in my head, and yet it was only a month ago that I somehow coerced this old body all the way to the edge……

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From Pleins to Peru, gearing up

An agregious spelling error on my part or a not so veiled freudian slip? If you know me at all, you know that I travel quite extensively to paint, though if you ask me, and I’m a big proponent of this, “just look outside your door” if you want to find something to paint. I…

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