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  • Rodeos – they start ’em young!

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    During the last month, I’ve had the pleasure of attending two rodeos – both of which involved young people. One was the California High School Rodeo Championships in Bishop and the other was Fish Lake Valley Rodeo in Nevada. The two rodeos were decidedly different. Fish Lake Valley is a sparsely populated desert valley on…

  • Seasonal Scents

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    While riding my bike the other day, I smelled a wonderful scent reminiscent of my childhood, which led me to think about other scents that take me back down memory lane. Like lilacs and wisteria – back all the way to childhood. Or sweet magnolias, reminding me of Longwood Gardens. I remember being at Longwood…

  • The first grandchildren

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    I visited Claire (13) and Emily (10) (and Mom and Dad) a couple of weeks ago, but then was busy sewing and didn’t post about their accomplishments. I was able to attend Claire’s last soccer game for the fall and watch her score her second goal of the season to help the team win their…

  • Baptism!

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    Sunday, it was my privilege to attend Willa’s baptism. She was quite the brave baby and didn’t cry or even look askance at the minister as she was putting the water on her head. GrMimi made her dress (now made up to four dresses and one young man’s outfit), hmmm – what will the next…

  • working

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    Gosh, its been a bit since I’ve written. I did go cross-country skiing, it was quite a work-out but really fun. If I wasn’t into NOT buying stuff, I’d look into buying a pair of skis for that. Fair Hill was lovely, quite a few other cross-country tracks though. I found out that my car…