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Excerpt: Moon Pennsylvania Camping

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Excerpts In the Author's Note to Moon Pennsylvania Camping , Jason and I wrote, "Green plateaus protruding through a dense fog. Pink and white laurel petals falling into a clear, cool stream. Rushing rivers spilling through a mountain gorge. These are the images that welcome us back to Pennsylvania after we've been away for too long. And when we hit the trail again, inhaling the scent of fallen pine needles and air charged with the mists of cascades, we know we are home. A thousand times we've felt the pull of wanderlust, and a thousand times we've driven into the ancient Appalachians and been reminded why we couldn't leave. Our forests and wilderness areas are the fuel that keep us running." Though we offered this sentiment for the entire state, especially after our extensive travels in 2005 throughout Pennsylvania to gather experiences and photographs for our guide, we admit that our small corner of PA with its borders along West Virginia and Maryland w

Musing: Jason Jack Miller Has Paneranoia

Musings Jason Jack Miller got a word accepted at Urban Dictionary - paneranoia . Stop by and give him a thumbs up! (Yes, I'm allowed to campaign for him because he is my husband.)

Beginning: My New Job at Kentuck Knob

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Beginnings I am officially the new Educational Marketing Director at Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob . This is a dream job for me because it combines my degrees in Anthropology, Geography, and Writing, and my experience as an educator, archaeologist, and travel industry worker. Neil Gaiman once mentioned something about each one of us connecting to certain energy centers around the world: that's how Kentuck feels to me. The photo to the left was taken by my good friend Darlene Martin when I was still a guide in June 2008. Those beautiful white hexagons on the terrace's flagstone floor come from skylights in the cantilevered ceiling. They migrate depending on the season and time of day. In early summer, they make a path straight through the dining room and out to the back patio.