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Category Archives: OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

The World Closed Down Around Me

April 20, 2020by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 19 Comments

~ I have decided to question everything, and believe nothing during this time of uncertainty, for everyone seems to have a different opinion or personal agenda. I have accepted this […]

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LONELY OR NOT?, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, SPECIAL TIMES

Strange Goings-On in the Woods

November 21, 2019by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 6 Comments

(Updated and republished November 2019) One night in July 2012,  I was parked in the national forest and was the only person parked there at the time, when I heard […]

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2012, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, STAYING SAFE!!!

Frozen Everything, Including the Icky Stuff

May 10, 2018by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 4 Comments

I wrote this on January 4, 2013, for my (then) blog A Free-Spirited Woman. I recently re-read it and part of it brought tears to my eyes because I was […]

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2013 ~ The Year of the Floods, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, SPECIAL TIMES

Wildfire and Your Home by Roxy Whalley

April 2, 2018by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

  Could this happen to you? Myself on the Elk Ridge Fire, in July 2002 Scenario – A man who was on vacation drove his car up a dirt road […]

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ARTICLES, ESSAYS & POETRY, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, STAYING SAFE!!!

Anti-Semitism in the Night

October 20, 2017by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 2 Comments

This post was originally written in September 2012, and at that time I was camping in the national forest near Estes Park, Colorado. I’ve had very few scary experiences while […]

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2012, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, STAYING SAFE!!!

Using the S.O.V. (Save Our Vehicle) Feature on the SPOT Device

August 31, 2017by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 16 Comments

In February 2017, Bob Wells of Cheap RV Living.com asked if I’d be willing to test out some personal locator beacons for him, and I agreed. One of the devices […]

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OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, Personal Locator Beacons

February 2016–Part 5 ~ Fraudulent Activity on my Debit Card

November 21, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 3 Comments

This is the continuation of my travels in February 2016 ~ I’m catching up…but now I’m on the road again (It’s November 2016), so I’d better get this done eh? […]

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2016 ~ Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, AZ, CA, UT, Death Valley + More, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Kindness, Compassion and Generosity Prevails

September 14, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 8 Comments

My last post was the sad tale of how my beloved Mitzi Died a Sudden Death. I had spent about five weeks vacillating over whether to ask for help or […]

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MY VAN (and previous homes), OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

When Mitzi Died a Sudden Death

September 8, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 7 Comments

  As some of you know, I’ve been a Nomad for almost thirteen years living mostly in mid-sized SUV’s. In all that time, the most help I’ve had to ask […]

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MY VAN (and previous homes), OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Evacuated by Smoke from a Wildfire! (One night in July, 2012)

July 24, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 1 Comment

I think that almost everyone in the US, and many people overseas, is aware of the horrible fires Colorado suffered during the late spring and early summer of 2012. One […]

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2012, Estes Park, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

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