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Highlights from my trip to Baja California Sud I was becoming more and more concerned about the direction that our country was going in when I got an invitation to visit Baja. I had airline miles accrued enough to get there and back and they were offering free accommodation, so I jumped at the chance.…
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Someone posted this on Facebook and I was so enthralled with it that I had to re-post it here. I love researching and finding the origins of the obscure things that we say. Do you know any obscure sayings? A Necessary Pot They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to…
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An excerpt from my story about growing up in Central Iowa in the 50s The Great Outdoors in Marshall County We spend all our time outdoors unless it’s really bad weather. The only time we are indoors is when it’s crazy hot and humid, a howling blizzard or a thunderstorm with a tornado in it.…