AliHasStories
Another Travel Blog…but funny
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Happy pine tree eve and pine tree day. I don’t celebrate this particular holiday, for two reasons. One, I’m an atheist, and two, I’m anti-consumerism. So, for the first time in my life, I’m spending these two days completely alone. No more rushing from one house to the next, attending my grandmother’s tiny church with…
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Original Content By alihassstories.wordpress.com It’s funny how we humans believe we know where we’re goingIt’s funny how one action creates the ripple effect we call lifeAdventure begins It’s simultaneously what I’ve always wanted And what I never wantedBecause of how I got hereThrough choices I didn’t get to make It’s funny how we think we can…
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I’ve fallen deeply into a rabbit hole of basketball (and a few football) documentaries of late. It’s interesting to immerse yourself in a specific category of entertainment in almost a hyper-focusing kind of way. Interesting or concerning, I suppose, depending on perspective. I blasted through both seasons of “Starting 5″…excellent, by the way, and “The…
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Death looms menacingly before meSleeping soundly and yet it has awoken Careening through the universe crookedlyDrifting toward me lazily, flying toward meOut of controlAnd I cry outIt callsI am not ready to answerIt summonsHow can I leave now?Twisting, turning, catapulting and screamingDeath comesA shadow creeps across my happinessAnd dismay permeates my beingSomewhere ahead there is peaceSomewhere…
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“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”-John Lennon I know this is supposed to be a travel blog, but the truth is, it’s a life blog and I was supposed to be traveling. I’ve had a family emergency come up and I’m going to have to postpone my first big…
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March 27, 2002 An upward climb downhillBegins my search for something newBranches of space dividing timeInto neat little packets of nothingOf everythingI am a plastic bag stuck in aTree that doesn’t bend in the windFighting the elements of normalI try to count the starsDespite their vague countenanceElusive behind the stars and stripesOf the American wayI…
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One languid evening, while the sun was just kissing the horizon, Jake the grass snake was slithering along, frolicking, if you will, with his best friend in the entire world, Pete. There was a gentle breeze whistling through the grass, tickling Jake’s belly and making him giggle. Suddenly, Jake stops and turns to Pete, alarm…
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My girl has had to find a new owner. Even though it’s purported that she can tow 5,000 pounds. In reality, they only make hitches that can tow 2,000 pounds because that’s the maximum frame weight of her. So, unfortunately, for this to actually be a travel blog, I’ve had to trade her in for…
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No one asked…and it’s not funny… We were in the middle of life. Bananas ripening on the counter for bread, halfway through the latest season of “The Last of Us” even though I have a phobia regarding…zzzeds…zzzomb….ya know. As is normal. It was a basic Tuesday. We had celebrated our wedding anniversary, also MY BIRTHDAY,…
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Do social media influencers seem like they have it all to you? Are you curious about funny and anecdotal stories that shed light on the realities of #vanlife? Hang with me and I’ll do my best to actually fulfill these grab me questions. AliHasStories is not prettied up and tied with a bow. These are…
