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It was my last summer in New York, where I had lived for six years. During that time I finished my Masters in Art History and worked as a photographer. It was a hot summer day, and I was hopping from one store to the next, looking for the perfect comfortable sandal. I was five months pregnant, and my feet were tired. I needed something comfortable to wear throughout the last stages of my pregnancy, but the more I looked, the more uninspired I felt. Nothing pleased both my eyes and my feet. The result: Due to the shortage of options, I ended up buying a predictable pair of sandals. A couple of weeks later I moved with my husband to California, and those cork footbed shoes accompanied me. From time to time, looking at my feet below my growing belly, I would think: Why am I still wearing these unflattering shoes? Although they were comfortable, if we were to judge by Marie Kondo’s “keep or toss” criterion, questioning the joy the ite
Colorful tree flowers and leaves of various shades of green welcome nature lovers into Gazebo Circle in Landa Park. Along the fast-moving crystal clear stream of Spring Run No. 3, arching branches of native Mexican buckeye trees explode with dark pink flowers.Â
Following an unusual and incredibly cold winter, one notices small shiny fresh green leaves emerging from almost bare stems as a welcome to Spring in Landa Park. Along this same winding path, on the other side of this stream, one has a good view of the beginning of the Texas Hill Country â wide strata of horizontal bands of limestone rising up to the street above and beyond.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021, 17:29 17:29 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
3.7 quake 4 Apr 9:09 am (GMT -8)
An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 occurred only 9 minutes ago 10 miles southwest of Tok, Alaska, United States, the United States Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit at a very shallow depth of miles beneath the epicenter near Tok, Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, in the morning on Sunday 4 April 2021 at 9:09 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 3.7 earthquake as well.
2021/04/03 23:14 FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Hispanic farm workers wait in line to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Mecca, Calif. Volunteers in Ca. FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Hispanic farm workers wait in line to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Mecca, Calif. Volunteers in California are working to ensure that the thousands of farmworkers who toil in the fields every day are receiving coronavirus vaccinations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - In this March 3, 2021, file photo, farmworkers wait in line to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a County of Santa Clara mobile vaccinati.
 At first, some (locals) were asking, Do we need to put in cabanas and restaurants? and we said No, no, no. Water, restrooms and a trail-head, and that makes for a great hike, she explained.
It s been working. They are telling me they are already overwhelmed by the number of people who are arriving, and while it is certain that people want to escape, it is very important that people do it responsibly and part of doing it responsibly is going to places that are already marked, she said.
In addition to the certification process, the company is responsible for maintaining the trails, and geo-coding them to allow maps to show up on search sites like Google. They are working mostly in Baja but with plans to expand throughout Mexico. They have already certified two trails in the state of Tamaulipas, on Mexico s eastern coast off the Gulf of Mexico.