So the other day I was reviewing sites for regional listings and I came across the new website of an old friend of mine. She’s someone I’d known for several years, and of whom I’d seen countless images. I didn’t know it was her site, but I was looking at the pictures and there was [...]

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isn’t he the cutest?
Finally got a Kindle for my 40th and I’m completely addicted. I love waking up to the New York Times every morning.

reading: Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford
listening to: Everybody, Ingrid Michaelson

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it’s supposed to be stifling hot all week. Record-setting hot. People from other parts of the country might laugh at what is hot to us, but anything over 80 is. Of course the older I get, the more I like the heat, so I’m happy with this turn of weather.
Today we’re going sailing. Or, more [...]

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Sometimes I can be pretty dumb. Case in point: the card reader I was missing all this time, that made me unable to download my camera? Was plugged into the back of my computer the whole time. Doh!
Here are a couple of pictures of my awesome boat dog during last week’s racing:

this is us, down [...]

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The last time I visited the Oregon coast was more than two decades ago, but I still remember it because the scenery was that pretty. This past few days, that’s where I’ve been. Elliott had to stay home, because there is just way too much going on right now. He’s a sort of multi-talented guy [...]

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So someone a little while ago asked what my hair looked like down, and I was messing around with some Photoshop actions I’d bought today, so I did this picture. This particular action is designed to make photos have an old 70’s snapshot feel, and I think it does a pretty awesome job of that. [...]

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hey there… so I’m still around, just catching my breath after a busy week. The girls are off to school (yay!), the last major sailing event until November is now over, and life is hopefully going to start to get back to normal.
After the previous post, would you believe that my neighbor is already out [...]

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Last night I went bowling with my sister and a pile of kids. It was fun, I forgot I liked bowling – I think it’s been about 2 or 3 years since I last went. I discovered to my surprise that I’m actually stronger now, so I bowled a little bit better, at least [...]

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it’s hair appointment day, and I can’t decide! I’ve had lots of styles and colors over the years, but right now it’s just called “boring”.
I miss my pink streaks that I had when I was 34. And the red, black and white from when I got it done in Minneapolis, with Heather. And I’d [...]

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So someone (hi Dave!) commented yesterday that I should link to an image, not Amazon, when I mentioned that first-ever photoshoot. Thing is, I didn’t have the image, it’d been WAY too long. I do still have, somewhere in storage, a huge Iris print of it from an art show at a long-defunct S/M cafe [...]

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