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  • wet paint.

    Yesterday, Al looked at the small patches of spackle on the wall and asked me why I was painting the living room. “It’s just time,” I told him. Actually, it was well past time. I have been collecting swatches for at least two years. I wanted to be sure that I had chosen just the Read more

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  • Happy Birthday Rosa Parks.

    The post office has issued a stamp bearing the image of Rosa Parks today, her 100th birthday. The stamp is the first of three issued this year which will commemorate the Civil Rights Era. One hundred years ago, Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended a laboratory school established by the Alabama Read more

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  • Crashing.

    Last night I was up really late and I’m not one of those people who that works for. Even when I was in high school and college, I needed my sleep. I did one or two all-night parties and one or two all-night study sessions, decided it was not a big deal (definitely not worth Read more

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  • I can’t stand the rain…

    Against my window. We’ve been having rain almost nonstop since the place thawed. I know this is nothing unusual in the Pacific Northwest, but I think we’re a few days of rain away from having salmon cross the street again up north. This is a trail I walk and run on from time to time. Read more

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