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Reframing: A trip to the beach

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Jul 05, 2024
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The July 4th weekend is one where a huge number of Americans traditionally hit the road (an estimated 71 million people are traveling over these few days).

While I don’t think I’ve ever left home to cross this particular threshold into summer, I got caught up in a bit of vacation-envy on my morning walk, when a pickup truck happened to drive past me. It …

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