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December 20, 2008 11:54 PM UTC --
First, I have to say, "I am not a mix kind of cook." Open my pantry and you won't find muffin, cake or bread-machine mixes. You will find a rarely used bread machine that was a gift from my brother. But . . .
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September 08, 2008 11:15 PM UTC --
Imagine trees that lived thousands of years ago suddenly popping up to see the light of day again! It happened in 1998 at Neskowin Beach, Oregon. Winter storms pulled sand out to sea, exposing a forest . . .
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August 18, 2008 11:22 PM UTC --
Growing up next to something spectacular, you may take it for granted. Montana's Glacier National Park should not be taken for granted. Especially since, as Curt L. reminded me, the glaciers are . . .
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August 17, 2008 10:49 PM UTC --
NOTE: this is the "getting there" part of my well-needed VACATION! It may be a bit of a downer, but I promise, I have uploaded the "HIGH SIDE" of this trip...after all, one of my Gather . . .
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August 03, 2008 08:46 PM UTC --
This small island, while beautiful, is only a fraction of what it once was. Now about 1/2 an acre, it used to be about 4 acres and an Indian burial ground.
Why? What happened? This:
This . . .
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April 03, 2008 01:12 PM UTC --
I have a friend who is a gifted painter.
I didn't meet him in art school.
I have a friend who is a Southern belle.
I didn't meet her sipping iced tea.
I have a friend who loves to . . .
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April 02, 2008 10:34 PM UTC --
I'm the cook, he's the dishwasher. Even when it comes to cooking over an open flame. It has been that way for several decades.
Because we both like food grilled outside, I use the grill year-round. . . .
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April 02, 2008 10:20 AM UTC --
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about my noontime walk through the wetlands on a beautiful spring day. Then winter came--not came back, it came! It snowed at 7 a.m. for five days...and it doesn't . . .
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March 25, 2008 06:12 PM UTC --
My childhood was spent in pretend-land. We were pretty isolated during the summer, so my three sisters and I had large, pretend families made up of dolls.
Because my girls are not really doll types, . . .
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March 25, 2008 02:56 PM UTC --
My husband and I have been clearing out. Clothing we never wear...dishes we never use...old luggage from 1970 (my high school graduation gift--Samsonite hard-shell, green...Curt? do you collect it?;-)) . . .
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March 19, 2008 10:13 AM UTC --
It wasn't raining, so I took a 20 minute "escape break" from work and took my camera along.
This tree is growing this way...except I flipped it from vertical to horizontal. Kinda looks . . .
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February 28, 2008 07:57 PM UTC --
Breezing out the door at quiting time,
instantly I knew she was near.
How? Her perfume hangs heavy in the air.
Daphne is back in bloom!
It's 64 degrees today in Portland metro! . . .
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February 25, 2008 12:16 AM UTC --
I don't measure, and I made this up, so I hope it works for you. It meets my low-fat diet (I just don't take very many pine nuts for me.) It's quick. It's easy. I can throw it together . . .
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February 21, 2008 11:32 PM UTC --
When Gather pictures were not working, I posted the article about my grandmother's hats that she saved because she knew they would come back in style...18 years ago, when she died (at 99 1/2), I took . . .
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January 27, 2008 02:33 AM UTC --
No, I'm not wealthy. But I am a citizen of Oregon where the public owns EVERY beach. This article was inspired when I posted a picture of the beach at Cape Lookout (left), and Elaine M. asked . . .
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January 11, 2008 08:58 PM UTC --
Sailing the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State is a wonderful experience. Each island has it's own personality. Roche Harbor is on the north end of San Juan Island, and was our first . . .
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January 10, 2008 11:15 PM UTC --
When I was young, summer vacation meant leaving my friends behind, packing into the family station wagon and heading into the middle of nowhere. We were "suitcase farmers." We lived in town--until . . .
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January 06, 2008 06:34 PM UTC --
The North Head Lighthouse on the Washington Coast, was built in 1898 to guide ships approaching the Columbia River from the north. Before this lighthouse and the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse to the . . .
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November 08, 2007 10:45 PM UTC --
I remember the sound of planes breaking the sound barrier.
I remember the hot sun burning my face.
I remember the barbs of the golden “cheat grass” biting into my thighs.
I remember . . .
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