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Emmy Pickering
- May 17, 2022
- 9 min
Costa Rica Diaries, the wrap up
I travelled to Thailand alone when I was 20. It was shortly after 9/11 and the world of travel changed from being luxurious and exciting...
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Emmy Pickering
- May 6, 2022
- 7 min
Costa Rica Diaries 3
In October 2021 with our trip booked and our perceived dream life awaiting us in Costa Rica, we sold or got rid of everything we owned....
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Emmy Pickering
- Apr 29, 2022
- 8 min
Costa Rica Diaries 2
The beauty of the south of Costa Rica, Uvita and Ojochal specifically, was astounding. The brilliant iridescent blue Morpho butterflies,...
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Emmy Pickering
- Apr 23, 2022
- 8 min
Costa Rica Diaries 1
In May of 2019 we had just gotten back from a three month RV tour of the US and western Canada. I was 8 months pregnant with Edie and we...
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Emmy Pickering
- Feb 15, 2022
- 11 min
Saved by Grace
In late January Steve and I looked at each other and had to do a big check in. What are we doing? On our 15th rental, having spent our...
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Emmy Pickering
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
Harder Than It Looks
Fast forward nearly 6 weeks into this journey and I have yet to take that breath. That’s not entirely true, I have experienced moments of...
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Emmy Pickering
- Nov 2, 2021
- 5 min
Answering The Call
But wherever you go, there you are. Have you heard that expression? Though our geographical location has changed by some 4000 miles south...
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Emmy Pickering
- Jul 28, 2021
- 6 min
Turtle Wisdom
My mom takes daily walks at the river by her house. There is a turtle conservation project and over time my mom has been witness to some...
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Emmy Pickering
- Feb 17, 2020
- 4 min
South Facing Adventure
Hi, welcome to my life. This is how me and my husband of 100 years (actually just about 15, but we’ve been together since we were stars...
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Emmy Pickering
- Feb 8, 2020
- 4 min
The Season of Winter
I constantly promote the idea that in life we are faced with two options — you’ve heard me write about this before but indulge me again;...
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