Category: Summer
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I STEPPED OUT AND THE WHOLE WORLD FELL APART
As a man who grew up in Tornado Alley and now lives in Northwest Washington—home of slate gray and high winds, I found a lot of interest in the way the media covered the recent earthquake/hurricane situation on the East Coast. For starters, had either of these events occurred anywhere else, neither would have received…
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BEACH READING
Okay, it isn’t really beach reading because I was not at the beach. But during vacation I did read; and thought I would share some of my reading with you. Let’s start with the magazines. I read my July edition of “National Geographic.” The feature article was about Cleopatra. It wasn’t nearly as exciting as…
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8000 MILES, GIVE OR TAKE A REST STOP
The Greenbean family arrived safely back in Western Washington last night around 11pm local time. I mean to emphasize that local time issue. Arizona and parts of Oregon still confuse me. We had a thoroughly splendid time putting over 8,000 miles on the Altima as well as enjoying our ancestral homeland. In a previous blog…
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CHRIST IN THE RED ROCKS
Sedona Arizona has one of the most interesting tourist stops I’ve seen in a while. Nestled against the high red rocks of central Arizona is the Chapel of the Holy Cross. It is a catholic church administered by the local Roman Catholic diocese—of Phoenix, I think. The signage out front indicated the hours it was…