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Small town living
Even though I have to park in a garage and walk a long block to work, I get lots of salutations of “Good Morning†and “Hello.†It’s starting to really grow on this used-to-be-a-big-city-girl.
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Snowboarding Alaska, take two.
Or as I like to call it, snowfalling! So sore and bruised, but I had a great time. And by the end of the run (yes, we only made one run down the mountain) I was actually remembering how to … Continue reading
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Birthday and other annual events
For my birthday I gave myself the gift of a massage, aurora chasing, a cooking class, my annual haircut and two nights at home my my fella. I’m tired but inspired and now I _need_ a food processor! Aurora chasing … Continue reading
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Weekend (working) warrior
Climbed on the roof and cleaned the gutters and did not fall down. Harvested most of the food from my garden, put together a compost pile and then prepped the beds and compost pile for the winter. Packed up almost … Continue reading
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Shhhhhhh……if you don’t tell anyone, I won’t!
Walked around downtown for First Friday and discovered why Elegant Memories is closed, but in doing so we found this awesome safe that was the personal vault of the original building owner.
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Midnight Sun Weekend: Yoga Teacher Training, Midnight Sun Festival and fire!
Another quarter of my 200 hours of Yoga Teacher Training achieved this past weekend. Finished the weekend with a lovely dinner among my fellow students and then I got to play with some fire. Must do that more often! And … Continue reading
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It’s really not a bar anymore
Dear tourists and other visitors to the ‘banks: I understand you may have read about or in the past visited what was formerly known as “Tommy’s Elbow Room”, but as is obviously stated with large amounts of signage this space … Continue reading
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Gardening 101
This makes my fourth year gardening and this year we put in a third bed. Since my daughter and her cat came back to live with us this past winter and that cat get into everything, I decided to not … Continue reading
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Windy Day with plants and REI
Went to both the farmers market and the new REI store today. Got lots of starter plants at the first place and got an awesome new lifevest for the kayak, PLUS a wicked awesome bike helmet. Now I just need … Continue reading
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Life is good
Awesome Yoga class yesterday. Lovely float down the Chena today. Feeling better than I have in weeks as well.
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