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It's happening again. We are grateful to be able to be dreaming about our second Camino route this September, after the house is sold and we begin our phase of drifting. This time it will be the Camino Portugues, walking from the north of Lisbon to Santiago, Spain including a side trip to the shrine…
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It's a stripy week here at the Northvanage, starting with the arrival of B's girlfriend from England. She was given a difficult time at security upon departing from her first stop in Canada, with multiple scans of her hair and a thorough going over under each braid with explosives detection wipes. She's a creative one, this…
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My house is awash in packing boxes. Thought I'd get a head start, but it doesn't feel like it's making much difference. And just as we're getting rid of stuff, this shows up in my driveway: You remember past inhabitants of my driveway: the green school bus, the French band's touring bus, the pink school bus and…
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On the family reunion cruise the youngest Boesen progeny shared a common attribute – cuteness. Of course I'm the grandmother of the little boys and grand-auntie to the girls. Pure bias here: Ear worm of that day in Sitka? The Wheels On the Bus Go Round and Round… That's Auntie Ellen's Dirty Martini. OK I ate the olives.…
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Who'd have thought that a floating family reunion for those descended from the Danish family of Boe, plus spouses, could go off without a hitch? You can't imagine the details involved in getting 22 people, ages 9 months to 82, from five states and two provinces, on one vessel enroute to Alaska. How to choose the pictures?…
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I was writing to our realtor to request a change in closing date for the sale of our house. Explaining that we had an offer in on another house (!), I ended with the phrase "exciting times ahead!" Auto correct guessed at my inaccurate thumb typing and came up with a not-too-far-off word, in meaning. Yes,…
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I avoid cliche. I dislike exclamation points. And forget those over-dramatic screamy all caps. But, as the high school teacher who taught me "a guilty conscience needs no accuser" and "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" used to say, "there is an exception to every rule:" "Where does the the time go?" says…
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The retirement adventure continues. For the past two days, instead of house hunting, C and I had the ultimate knitting, painting and woodworking experience. Imagine getting paid for the things you love to do that don't seem like work. We were hired as skilled background, AKA extras, for a made-for-TV Christmas movie, brought to you…
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These were taken in Sudden Valley, Bellingham, Washington, where we spent many happy summer days and nights while the kids were growing up. The only modifications to these photos are the yellow tone in the first and ever-so-slightly deepening of the exposure in the second. In other words it really is as beautiful as it…
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Our realtor arrived today with the official sign: It all happened so quickly, which I suppose is a good thing. We do have a long closing date so we have plenty of time to look for something else. For Easter I treated myself to a course in pet portraits. Better that than chocolate. It was…
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