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June 24, 2020cori swords

concerning corona.

“with uncertainty, there is never a dull moment.” – haresh sippy a few weeks ago i went on a very strange journey. dizzy, hazy, and almost dreamlike. i was in a fog, it couldn’t possibly be real. i had already completed this journey dozens of times in the past, but this time it was disturbingly […]

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June 9, 2019June 9, 2019cori swords

milestone moments.

“it seems that the more places i see and experience, the bigger i realize the world to be.  the more i become aware of, the more i realize how relatively little i know of it, how many places i have still to go, how much more there is to learn.  maybe that’s enlightenment though – […]

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April 22, 2019cori swords

FINALLY fifty-one.

every great dream begins with a dreamer.  always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world. — harriet tubman — it’s true, every great dream begins with a dreamer.  in fact, the world is full of dreamers, but the world is not […]

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February 12, 2019February 12, 2019cori swords

magnificent montenegro.

“when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”  — paulo coelho — why do we do what we do every day?  we get up early, sit in traffic for hours on end on our way to work, to then turn around and go home after a long day and […]

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December 17, 2018December 18, 2018cori swords

the home stretch.

“good things happen when you meet strangers.” – yo-yo ma – it is often said that when you travel you meet the most interesting people along the way. i can fully attest to this because through my travels i have met some really amazing people that i can happily say are forever friends. we talk […]

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December 8, 2018cori swords

mamma mia, here we go again.

“you may have the universe if i may have italy.” – giuseppe verdi –  when i was in college i fell in love with italy.  i will never forget taking the subway to the colosseum and walking up the stairs to catch my very first glimpse of something i had always dreamed of seeing. after […]

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December 3, 2018December 3, 2018cori swords

better together.

there are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met. — william butler yeats — i have a friend who lives in ireland. he’s all sorts of totally awesome and also loves to travel as much as i do. definitely my kind of guy. we ended up connecting over a year ago because he […]

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October 30, 2018cori swords

feeling finnish.

always find time for the things that make you happy to be alive. i’m pretty lucky because i have a good amount of friends that live in europe who always want me to visit, and when i do, they give me the local experience when i’m there.  i recently spent a long weekend in helsinki visiting […]

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October 8, 2018cori swords

behind the iron curtain.

russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — winston churchill — i have always dreamed of going to russia.  i was obsessed with ice hockey when i was growing up, which at the time was dominated by good-looking russian players (ahem, sergei federov, swoon..) and even took a few years of […]

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September 12, 2018cori swords

pretty little trips.

dwell on the beauty of life.  watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. — marcus aurelius — i love the mountains. i’d take mountains over the beach any day of the week and twice on sunday. there is something about the majestic beauty of them that makes me weak in the knees. living […]

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