Natalie Arianna Hodosy Brander

Natalie Arianna Hodosy Brander
December 18, 1999 to November 10, 2009

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Going to the extreme...

Finding the balance - isn't that what its all about? Its been a crazy a** month - I'm not kidding. The move out of Bonmark is complete. Emotions in check. New house is beautiful but surrounded by a sort of dirt that I'd like to say could infiltrate the bubble boy room in intensive care...kind of a terra cotta talcum if you will. I'm adjusting and enjoying. This past week found us, Mike, Chloe and I, in various degrees of extremes. Four days in Manhattan, population 3 million to upstate Vermont, population 600. Weather from 86 degrees to 35 degrees. From fishing on a river with the local beavers (not the human kind) to treking through Times Square with the native New Yorker, an altogether different kind of animal. Finding the balance. I continue to enjoy the pursuit.

Happy Days.
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One Adventurer said...

Too fun!! Did you mean hip...or hippies??? Life is good either way. It sounds like a great trip. Extreme is the theme these days isn't it? Hey...the day we are bored is the day we will carry out our vow to keep each other from becoming one of "THOSE"

Love,
Lana

May 1, 2007 at 7:37 PM

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