“We play music because we love it, but we also play music because we want to see things change… within ourselves and in the world around us. These are songs of hope and new beginnings, and we’re always trying to get better at living that out.” Tim Foreman Stories Behind the Songs: Vessel Bags Interview […]
All posts for the year 2018
The Fan with the Switchfoot Sneakers
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 20, 2018
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Coasting
So fellow travelers, grab some sunscreen and a towel, we are going to the beach! There is something sacred embedded in that moment of catching a first glimpse of the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. This time, that first glimpse came while riding the Coaster, a local train which runs between San Diego and […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 18, 2018
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Pack Lighter, Go Farther
So fellow travelers, packing ten days of traveling through multiple climates into one carryon and a backpack was easily the most difficult logistic to solve of this entire trip. My husband would be bringing a larger suitcase for the PNW segment of my travels so I had to coordinate which things to send ahead and […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 17, 2018
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Bookends
So fellow travelers, today marks the start of a new solar year in this grand adventure of life. Reflecting on the bookends of the first and last days Team Fairbanks-Rahalski at the summit of Pinnacle Peak Trail in Rainier National Park I can see the origami of insights and growth created by the challenges weathered […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 16, 2018
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Fading West*
So fellow travelers, a friend who reads my blog posts commented on the line I used at the end of a recent entry. Their point was well taken. “Nothing in (my) life would ever be the same” is indeed a rather sweeping claim. Being aware of the hyperbolic aura it casts, I did not use […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 13, 2018
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Listen
“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout. Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks*!” King Lear Act 3 Scene 2 So fellow travelers, like many of my creative tribemates I write to process my experiences. Yet, sometimes our experiences overwhelm our capacity to express what we feel. Raging storms of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 11, 2018
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Poem: Even Madness Has Its Story
So fellow travelers, while the last few months ran with a kind of Alice down the Rabbit Hole feeling, the chaos often left me too perplexed and exhausted to find the words to process my experience. I was often blessed to find meaning through the writing of other members of my creative tribe. I am […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 10, 2018
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Push to the Finish Line
So fellow travelers, returning home from the Verdi road trip I received an enthusiastic greeting from my devoted trail companion Ms Delilah Granted I am blessed to be greeted in a similar manner when I come in from a trip to the grocery store. A greeting shorter in duration with less yapping perhaps, but just […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 9, 2018
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Kateri’s Wisdom
So fellow travelers, setting the dial on the way back machine (any Rocky and Bullwinkle fans still out there?) we find ourselves on the road home the morning after the glorious Verdi experience. Bennington Community Art Center I’ve grown fond of the quiet college town of Bennington and it’s little sister North Bennington, home now […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 8, 2018
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Hell Fire and Brimstone
So fellow travelers, hello from the depths of Joshua Tree National Park where an early morning walk brought me to this impressive view. Look closely. To get a true sense of scale, I stepped back to include the little bench on the trail. When I arrived last night the desert sky was mind boggling mass […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 2, 2018
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