Mike and the dogs and I spent a wonderful weekend at our friends Mia and Ron’s cabin on Whidbey Island. Spending any time on Penn Cove is a treat. Spending a gorgeous sunny weekend like this is always something that I’ll remember for months.
For the most part the water was calm, the sun was out, […]

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Is that kind of like fish in a barrel? I guess it might be if a coyote figured out how to get in or the eagle decided to visit. But anyway, I think they’re safer now than they were before. And the neighbor’s veggie garden definitely is.
With the help of my parents, Mike and […]

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Here we are, finally, the first installment of the Italy 2007 vacation extravaganza… The slideshow below shows some of our best photos from Milan, the complete set can be viewed at Flickr.
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Milan was really my second stop of the trip as I spent 2 days in London for work before I got there. I’ll write a […]

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Hard to believe, but I haven’t had access to a computer in 2 weeks and I almost didn’t notice! I’ve been reading through everyone’s comments and Kim’s fantastic week 2 recap while having a latte here in London. Just a few more minutes to kill before I get on a flight headed home.
Thanks to all for keeping […]

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I’m off to Italy in about 3 1/2 hours. I’m pretty sure I won’t have any access to my blog while I’m gone, but you never know.
If you’re looking for something good to read, check out any of the blogs listed in my blogroll to the right, or any of the participants in the Dark Days […]

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Every once in a while the universe, or in this case the company I work for, gives you a gift. And you sit there stunned for a moment, wondering if they’re serious. And then the shock starts to wear off and you think “oh my god! how did I get so lucky?”
This week I […]

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It’s been longer than I thought since I posted. No OLS meal this week, at least not formally. We just didn’t have our act together after getting home. We ate a lot of local food, just never as a complete dinner. Our local efforts this week included chicken salad sandwiches one night (everything within 50 […]

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