HeyJaredThis Wonderful World
This Wonderful World is a non-travelogue blog about things I learn while traveling.
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Report Card: Players in my Son’s Type 1 Diabetes Saga (opens the original)
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1. Pediatrician’s office, part 1.In 2002, my son Jim was 11 and kept losing weight, even though he was eating much more than usual. He was tired and thirsty all the time. He wasn’t sleeping well because he was getting up in the night to urinate often. I took him to the pediatrician, and they said he was probably just having a growth spurt. They told me to stop worrying.Grade: F2. Pediatrician’s office, Part 2Things got worse. Jim kept losing weight, and one morning he was too tire
Close Encounters of the Northwest Kind (opens the original)
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I like learning new things when I travel. Sometimes I make an effort to do so, by reading, asking questions, going to museums and historic sites. But sometimes I learn things without meaning to. I got both kinds of learning on our recent trip to northwest Washington State.1Hiking along a soft pine-needled trail in the North Cascades National Park, I smelled the conifer trees, and looked up to try and identify them. A few days earlier, a ranger in the Hoh Rainforest of Olympic National Park had t
I Wrote Something Silly (opens the original)
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As I try to improve my writing skills, I often look for contests that require me to stretch out of my comfort zone. That was the case with the 100-word writing contest by Tadpole Press. It’s hard to write a story in only 100 words, which is like a short paragraph. I came up with something I thought was humorous, but I didn’t know if anyone else would find it funny. I got a top-ten finish out of almost 1,000 entries, and $200! Here it is:Constellation ChatOrion: Surprise party tomorrow, for Draco
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