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Continue reading →: Week ONE of THREE Week Train Trip
Hello all, Well we have been on our trip now 8 days. Our first full day we headed out of Chicago Illinois into Wisconsin. We saw lots of deer. The ponds and rivers were mostly frozen and there was still snow. Day 2 we were in North Dakota. It was…
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Continue reading →: Train TravelsEight years ago in 2018 I took my first long distance train trip. I hopped on in Washington DC and three days later I was in San Francisco. I traveled through West Virginia passing rundown houses, rusty trucks and cars, and abandoned store fronts. This state felt very poor. Heading…
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Continue reading →: Winter EaglesFebruary of a new year! Hopefully we are moving past the bitter cold weather. Today as I write this the sun is shining and there is nothing but blue sky as far as I can see. I am hoping that this blog is my avenue to talk with you. I…
Mary Baldini Olson
author -naturalist – photographer – mother – grandmother
Tuckasegee River in North Carolina
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Essay Series – stories written from the heart about life’s experiences
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Memoir – the life of an adopted child and her life long challenge of feeling abandoned
*2025 American Legacy Book Awards Finalist
Sunny River Writings 