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It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year...
And I'm not talking about Christmas, although I love that, too. It's the last day of November and therefore, the last day of NaBloPoMo. I shouldn't have undertaken the challenge this year. Between...
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Brrrrrrrrrrr!
It's been unusually cold here on the far North Coast. As you can see, we've had very hard frosts the last three or four days and they are claiming that we might actually get accumulations of SNOW...
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Second Grade Photo!
Our girl is in second grade and I love that our KRECR community includes a parent who gets conned into taking great school pictures:
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Ah, Christmas On The North Coast
Four years ago, when we moved to Crescent City in the fall (for the first time), we stayed here for Christmas and spent Christmas day on the beach. Darcy still had curls (I miss them!!) and she played...
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Darcy Donates Her Hair (A Photo Essay)
A month or so ago, Darcy's music teacher donated her hair to Locks of Love and came to school freshly-shorn. Darcy decided she wanted to do that, too. She persisted in the desire, so we made an...
View ArticleGuest Post: Salad Bar for KRECR
Today's blog post is written by Darcy Jo. It is her choice of topic and her words. I am writing only this introduction:My name is Darcy Jo.At school, we made puzzle pieces that showed what KRECR...
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Sleeping Paige
Paige,Paige,Paige.One of the cutest cats ever,but sometimes she can be a little rotten.She escaped earlier today,but after a few minutes,shecame back inside.She escaped when I was checking if my...
View ArticleFinally! Early Dinner!
Tomorrow,Daylight Savings time begins.That means early dinner!I love that!Today,I am going to a birthday party.A hunting for Bigfoot party.A toy gun party.A getting dirty party!This is the first time I...
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New iPhone!
Hooray for the new iPhone!A blue iPhone with a yellow case!Today,the second day with the new iPhone,I went downstairs to open the window blinds for Paige.But just when I was starting to open the...
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Darcy Jo's First 5K!
I'm betting it won't be her last!!We all joined in for yesterday's Mother of All 5Ks to raise money for our local domestic violence shelter. Del Norte County has the highest rate of domestic violence...
View ArticleDemocracy Is Awesome!
Three years after I was legally able to vote, the Del Norte Library Board of Trustees appeared on the ballot for our local election.They have not appeared since and I just turned 45. It's been a long...
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Election News and NaBloPoMo
I thought my sister loved me, but then she threw down a gauntlet (perhaps not purposefully) about National Blog Posting Month, which is celebrated every November. It has often been celebrated on this...
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The Braces
Day 2 of NaBloPoMo features a photo I wanted to post about a month ago, when Darcy first got her braces on! Our girl has been so tough through the whole process. Her orthodontist commented on it after...
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The Great Thing About Not Posting Much
The great thing about not posting much at all this whole year is that now, when I most need blog topics, there are so many things I didn't post about! And I can post about them now!So, for example,...
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The End Of KRECR And An Unrelated Picture
Here's another view of the Bald Hills, just because it's such a beautiful place. It's unrelated to the rest of the post.Today was a beautiful fall day. We hiked out to the ocean through the Tolowa...
View ArticleCranberries!
Really, I should wait until tomorrow to post about this because I'll probably have pictures, but I'm excited, so I can't wait.I didn't know this until we moved here, but the two Oregon coastal counties...
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Cranberries In Photos
I am a little sore and a little sunburned, but I'm ok with that because the cause was a glorious afternoon of cranberry picking! As I mentioned yesterday, the two Oregon counties to our north grow many...
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Cranberry Curd -- Thinking Outside The Can!
I'm thinking outside the can with all my cranberries!It's so fun to have lots of cranberries to play with. I'm going to do something savory with them tonight for dinner -- still in experimental stages...
View ArticleHmmmm...What Was I Doing Eight Years Ago?
For those in the know, the answer might come quickly. At about this time eight years ago, I was being moved from the birthing center at our midwives' office to the hospital because our girl was being...
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Happy Birthday, Darcy Jo!
In honor of the end of Darcy's eighth trip around the sun, here are some pictures of Darcy for you to enjoy. Vaguely chronological, but fairly otherwise fairly random.Ok. Now the computer made me do...
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