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Article: SPECIAL PLEASURES MARK A MILESTONE.(LIFESTYLE)(ROADS TRAVELED)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- October 15, 2005
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Byline: Mary Bergin
My 50th birthday is behind me, but not without a long stretch of celebrations that involved friendly strangers as well as friends, 2,000 miles away as well as at home.
This life is as miserable, bittersweet or divine as we want to make it. That applies to our attitude about being away from home as well.
I can dwell on the stench of portable toilets, 10 miles into the Grand Canyon, or the way the incredible canyon walls light up under a full moon.
I can frame Las Vegas as an unappealing city of excess or a wondrous assortment of initiative and creativity.
I can describe a business trip to northwest Michigan as a pokey, 10-hour drive, or ...