Category: travel
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Where to visit (and eat) in NYC?
Eliot and I will soon be visiting my parents in New Jersey; Maggie is heading south to visit a brand-new nephew. They live across the river from New York City and I’m planning on spending a bit of time exploring. Where should we go? And maybe more importantly, where should we eat? I’ve done some…
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The Family Bakery
We’re spending the week visiting family we haven’t seen in far too long. Most of my mom’s side of the family is centered around Bellingham, Washington. This afternoon my grandmother took Maggie and I on a short walk to the building that used to house her grandfather’s bakery. The building long ago passed from the…
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Bits and Pieces
It’s been a long week with little time to blog, but I wanted to jot down a few things that have been happening and are coming up. I’m spending today at a camp somewhere in Michigan with the University of Chicago’s Asian-American and Multi-ethnic IVCF chapters. They’ve asked me to speak three times on the…
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Photos from Glen Eyrie
A few photos from the first few days at Glen Eyrie just outside Colorado Springs. The first two are views from outside our lodge and the second two are from the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. It’s been a good few days, despite seriously missing family back home. This is a beautiful area and while…
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What should I do in Colorado?
Today I leave for 10 days in Colorado. I should be excited, but the idea of leaving family behind and returning just seven days before our church plant’s first preview service had dampened my enthusiasm. Even so, 10 days in Colorado is nothing to sneeze at so I’m doing my best to be grateful. Having…
David W. Swanson 