To The Bone

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The Prodigal Son Returns

The Prodigal Son Returns

Serenity, change and a short Sierra Nevada interlude

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Hank Shaw
Jun 04, 2024
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Pine trees regrowing after a forest fire in the Sierra Nevada.

Maybe you can go home again. And maybe you can’t.

I spent a few days back in my old haunts of Northern California this past week, the first time I’d returned in more than a year. It was at once strange and familiar, and I bounced between serenity and anxiety almost constantly. But in the end, I learned some things about myself I would not have had I sta…

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