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Pacific Northwest

July 25, 2025by Lisa Karpinski Leave a comment

June 30, 2019. I was supposed to hit the road earlier this month, but plans had changed. My housemate had given notice halfway through June, and I had to scramble […]

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Wyoming and Montana

July 25, 2025by Lisa Karpinski Leave a comment

July 26, 2019. Having learned where to go, I took the map I’d purchased at the trading post and set out early to find the petroglyphs. I relied more on […]

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Roadtrip to Colorado

July 25, 2025by Lisa Karpinski Leave a comment

July 16, 2019. I continued on to Boise and spent some time exploring the city. I visited the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, which included a boarding house and a […]

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On the Road to Chicago

July 25, 2025by Lisa Karpinski Leave a comment

August 9–19, 2019. I was home for my dear friend Ed Bierman’s memorial on the 10th. While back, I spent time with friends, went to Peter Nowell’s pool party, attended […]

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Chicago to Canada

July 25, 2025by Lisa Karpinski Leave a comment

August 24–September 2, 2019.  I stayed with Cathie and Don in Chicago for a week. They had invited me to visit after we met during their stay at the AirBnb […]

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Six Days in Oahu

April 27, 2022by Lisa Karpinski Leave a comment

Thursday May 13, 2021 – I’d been jonesing to be anywhere but home for over a year. COVID had been particularly hard on me, as I am migratory. I had […]

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My Misadventures

April 12, 2022by Lisa Karpinski 4 Comments

I’d been dreading my dental visit to Loveland, Colorado for weeks. Not the dental part, but getting there and back. Being a penny pincher, I planned to drive, but after […]

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Lisa Karpinski

Lisa Karpinski

Lisa Karpinski

I love wild nature, art, culture, and learning. I spent years in the environmental field and later worked at Apple and Intel doing technical writing. I come to the world as a naturalist, explorer, and interpreter of customs.

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