If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Back in February, George and I took a little trip.   Things were slow at work so he took a couple days off for an extended weekend.  We stayed for two nights at a cute little place called the Dawson [...]

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This past holiday season was a bit of a busy one.  Hence the lack of posts about it.  I’ve also been sick, which explains why this wasn’t posted sooner. First off,  I decided it would be a good idea to send holiday cards to friends and family.  I wanted to wish them happy holidays and let [...]

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2010 was a fantastic year for me. It was a year of change. This is a summary of what I accomplished. I will follow with a post of what I hope to happen this next year. I developed a very wonderful, healthy, and happy relationship with George. I moved from Juneau, Alaska to Portland, Oregon. [...]

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Wow…today marks six months in Oregon.  The eighth marked the anniversary of departure from Juneau.  It seems a little surreal. In this time I have learned that I can live away from all that I knew.  I have learned that I can still support and love my uncle and friends from a distance.  I have [...]

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This week I started Vivid Mango Photography.  It is an online portfolio where I showcase my best photographic work.  It’s located here. Over the past year or so, even before I left Juneau, I have been getting back into photography.  It has always been a passion of mine and a feel good hobby.  Living here [...]

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One of the many reasons behind my sudden move is love.  I say sudden because up until December of last year I had only dreamed about moving down here.  I never really had the financial backing or reason to move.  All that changed on December 24, 2009 when George randomly sent me a text message. [...]

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Well here I am.  Thanks to my dear friend, Scarlet Lotus St. Syr, I now have my own official domain.  She also did the awesome design-she’s brilliant!  Check out her design page at Scarlet Creatrix Designs. I want to give a little back story as to how Mango Phoenix came to be.  As you may know, Phoenix [...]

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One of the things I am looking forward to is getting to know more of my family.  It will be nice to say I have all these wonderful aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.   I have a great aunt and uncle who live in Eugene.  I have another great aunt (related by marriage) who lives in [...]

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I am 25 years old.  I spent all of those 25 years in Alaska.  Most of them in Juneau with an approximate population of 31,000.  The only way to arrive and leave  is by boat or air.   Juneau has a way of holding on and never letting go.  Only a few have managed to [...]

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