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Lake Tillery, NC. It was my first real vacation after a couple of years working half a country away in a place I absolutely hated. I was depressed, and had no real motivation to do anything to make things better. I was messed up. There was also no natural body of water in the entire state where I lived, and I have always loved living near the water.
Riding on a boat early on a grey morning, sitting in the front as a cool spray occasionally misted up, I just went into a trance and could feel my brain working things out. That 40 minute boat ride was like a month of therapy. Within two years, I was living in the Outer Banks, and engaged.
I've been to lots more interesting places, including a 9/11 induced car trip through New England and out to Nantucket, but no vacation has been more beneficial.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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