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100% Colombian

Manuel’s Harvest, Timbio Guayabal Cauca, Colombia

Earlier this month I traveled to Colombia with Counter Culture Coffee to film interviews and document the work of small-scale coffee farmers there. The last email I received before our departure read simply, “rain jackets!” I dug out my old [...]

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Glowing La Plata

La Plata, Colombia, 11:30 PM

It was getting late in La Plata. Teenagers circled the zocalo on their motorcycles with less and less frequency. Heavy security doors clacked as they roll-down over the entrance to a nearby panaderia. I was at the threshold of my hotel room, ready to pass out [...]

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Forward

From the window of the plane I watched the circuitry of the city glow. We had just left the ground, engines at full tilt, ascending out of the clouds and into a new year, back in the direction of home. It was a brief and wonderful sensation of limitless vision, spurred on by a [...]

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Rest

It’s been a restful few weeks heading into the new year. We spent Christmas in Ohio and we’ll be watching the tide roll in on Lake Michigan for the New Year in Chicago. There’s a lot to look forward to in the upcoming year. For now though, there’s [...]

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Up and Away

Bling Bling Balloon, Asheville, NC, October 2011

To all of those in search of the ideal gift, I implore you to buy a voucher for a hot air balloon flight. Thanks to the kindness and generosity of our friends, Kavanah and I were able to enjoy an [...]

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Summer Falls

Summer Falls, Charlottesville, VA, 2006

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