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All smiles for that crisp mountain air.

You try getting three dogs to cooperate for a photo and let me know if you do any better.

There’s still plenty of reasons to smile this year.

I’m tired. This year has felt like a decade. I miss my people. And I hate all the yelling that spotlights the differences between us. I have no solutions for this, but there’s one thing I’ve learned in a year we are required to wear masks: our eyes carry our story. When I walk the city, I see eyes full of anxiety, of fear, of anger. There’s a shared heaviness in our eyes. Realizing this made me think that maybe what separates us isn’t as dramatic as what connects us. It’s a heavy year. So amidst all the loss, I’m trying to learn to smile with my eyes. Hope can be in a glance.

✔️NP31: White Sands National Park. With this one, I’m officially halfway to my goal of getting to all the National Parks. And this one was special, because it’s one of the few parks that allows dogs. This ended up being Kira’s first park. The simplicity of this land sand gave a lot of time for reflection.

My favorite from our week-long trip to Jackson Hole. And if you look closely... 🌈

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