TravelAlaska
Back from Alaska
Two weeks of glaciers, floatplanes and light that never quite left the sky.
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LOREN PARDUE
Lawyer. Nurse. Traveler. Creator. Building a life filled with meaningful work, new experiences, and good memories.
Latest from Loren
The newest entries in the journal
Travel, work, projects and the small things worth writing down.
WorkTennessee
What I've Been Working On
Case files, night shifts, and a bench that finally stopped wobbling.
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AdventuresGreat Smoky Mountains
A Weekend Adventure
Two nights out, one very cold lake, and a fire worth the effort.
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Alaska in Motion
A short cut from two weeks on the water and the ice.
July 16, 2026 · Travel
Recent photographs
Where the camera has been
The newsletter
Featured issue
July 2026
The Loren Pardue Journal
A few thoughts, photographs, adventures, and updates from the road.
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In progress
What I'm Working On
01
The Journal
An occasional newsletter of photographs, notes and short essays. New issue in progress.
02
Shop Projects
Building furniture and small woodwork in the garage - slow, quiet, satisfying work.
03
The Photo Archive
Scanning, sorting and publishing years of photographs into albums here.
04
Practice & Care
Continuing legal work and nursing - the two threads that run through everything else.
About Loren
Two callings, one habit: pay attention, and take care of people.
I am Loren Pardue. I have spent my working life in two callings that ask the same thing of a person: pay attention, and take care of people. Law and nursing both taught me that the details matter and that patience is a skill.
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Questions, hellos, old friends, new projects.
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