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HELP!
No Tenants Harbor arrival date set yet, but I remain hopeful. I asked Scott Hodgkins to post a HELP WANTED notice on the bulletin boards in both the Town Office and the Post Office. Scott tonied it up a bit, … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS: MATTERS OF NOTE
Quite exciting news, but only the beginning, I know. With the help of a harness, I took my first steps since December 2, 2014! Okay, I only took four steps and maybe I did do better going backwards, but a … Continue reading
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HEALING READS
Hello all from Fairview’s excellent Acute Rehab Center where I am figuring out — with great help — how to stand and walk again. And I will do it, even if a ruptured appendix has tried its best to lay … Continue reading
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BOOKISH ROMP
Christmas cheer prevailed as Charlie and I and our almost-family neighbors had our biennial holiday romp at our almost-neighborhood bookstore yesterday. Everybody got a book (Thanks, moms), then retired to the Finnish Bistro across the street for really-good goodies and … Continue reading
UPDATES AND THOUGHTS, Part 3
UPDATE: As of November 6th, I had this post already started. It’s mourning in America. A pestilence is upon us. What on Earth could be worse? Then I did a crumple-fall and broke the femur in my left leg, my … Continue reading
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UPDATES AND THOUGHTS, part 1
Only UPDATES this time. I have met a return of covid with a short hospital stay, pneumonia, and low oxygen head on, and I am now home and only need oxygen at night. And Charlie, always Charlie The amount and … Continue reading
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CELEBATIONS
Let’s hear a cheer for the innards of books. They are such a useful way to learn that you don’t know it all. When I heard that Netanyahu and HAMAS leaders had been issued arrest warrants by the International Criminal … Continue reading
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LIBRARIAN POTENTIAL
GREAT NEWS! If you are among the many — and they are legions — thinking about becoming a librarian, but you are still unsure, then, from this librarian to you, have fun with these food-for-thought, self-aware questions and books to … Continue reading
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NOTEWORTHY NEWS
VERY EXCITING NEWS! I won the King County Public Poetry contest. I am ridiculously pleased. Here is my poem of 50 words or fewer, as required. THE MISSING LINK Shilshole, oh Shilshole, you’re my bike trail of choice.I’m a … Continue reading
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MORE SENSE OF PLACE, mostly in books
I know I promised to suggest more book titles with a sense of coastal Maine, and I will, but who could pass up a teaser headline like this one: Hip-Hop … Continue reading
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