Tag: travel
member name: Alison H.
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March 29, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
This dream occurred the morning I flew home from Michigan.
In the dream I was told that "musicians were to get to the airport early, as you need to take an earlier flight to be ready for the . . .
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July 29, 2009 08:26 PM EDT --
This highway is one of the most spectacular I have ever driven; it rivals Norway for scenic beauty... and here you'll see a little of Whistler, site of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
My sister . . .
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September 28, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
Last Wednesday I got to meet my Gather friend, Karen E.!
I had realized from one of Karen's articles that she lives in a town about an hour south of me where a fiddling friend of mine also lives. . . .
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March 28, 2009 04:03 AM EDT --
I did a few errands before dinner, and got to the Post Office (uptown) just as the Keystone Ferry was coming in from Whidbey Island (downtown). I grabbed my camera and raced across the street...
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December 01, 2007 08:43 PM EST --
All the tunes in order in my notebook.
Two sets of clothing, clean and pressed.
Instruments packed.
We left in plenty of time.
My Scandinavian band member-friend George and I set . . .
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April 08, 2009 10:28 PM EDT --
I was asked to work Sunday, but when I reported in at 6 a.m., there was already a full staff. Since I had my camera in my purse, I took pictures of the dawning day on my way home. These are photos of . . .
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April 08, 2009 05:51 PM EDT --
I was asked to work at my care center on Sunday, but when I reported in at 6 a.m., there was already a full staff. I left, and later discovered I was actually needed on swing shift, later in the day. . . .
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May 24, 2009 10:55 PM EDT --
Sister time! Recently my sister and I spent a week in Vancouver. She lives in Michigan and I live in Washington State. We decided to meet in Vancouver rather than try to figure out how to drive . . .
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November 04, 2009 02:22 AM EST --
People with wheat and gluten intolerances can't eat the kind of food they sell on planes, plus I'm too cheap to buy food at airports. This is what I'll be stuffing into my backpack:
1. Small container . . .
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October 24, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
Lutefisk is not food, it is a weapon of mass destruction.
--Jeff Steingarten, as quoted in the Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet
Last Saturday was the annual Lutefisk Dinner at the First . . .
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June 30, 2008 03:57 AM EDT --
I'm going to be spending a LOT of time at Fort Worden here in my town of Port Townsend, Washington this week. I'll be attending "Fiddle Tunes"--the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, sponsored by the . . .
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August 13, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
(They're not REALLY twins, though it sounds good! They call themselves the Dawgs. They are 18- and 20-year-old brothers (my sons) riding the Amtrak and ViaRail on 1-month North American railpasses...the . . .
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January 22, 2009 07:40 PM EST --
We took a trip to Mission Ridge Ski and Snowboard Resort near Wenatchee, Washington in January of 2008. I started this article a year ago and then lost the pictures when Gather upgraded. I found them . . .
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July 15, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
(Otherwise known as the Epic Adventures of B. & C.-Dawg)
The Boyz arrived safely in Santa Barbara, only 9 hours late, meaning 3:00 a.m. Saturday. The train started out an hour late from . . .
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July 23, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
No, they're not real twins....they are my 18- and 20-year-old sons, traveling around North America on Amtrak and ViaRail. Otherwise known to themselves as B- and C-Dawg! No real names . . .
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July 26, 2007 02:37 PM EDT --
B-Dawg has hit the wall. His brother C-Dawg called us from Boston this morning to say that B. can't talk and has been sick for a week now. He spent most of last weekend on Cousin Jazz's couch. . . .
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July 27, 2007 10:13 PM EDT --
B-Dawg hit the wall AGAIN....
I was wrong....they hadn't gone to urgent care the first time (our suggestion), they went to the hospital emergency room, which was fortunately pretty close by. Back . . .
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September 21, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
HELLO, MY GATHER FRIENDS, I'm home from my week in Michigan. Last Friday I made merry with Mom, my sisters and brother, niece and nephews and their kids and a whole bunch of other family and . . .
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July 03, 2008 05:06 AM EDT --
I hit my stride today..... after a good night's rest I was able to attend two classes and two band labs and learn still MORE tunes. I am starting to wonder if there is a limit to how many tunes can . . .
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January 29, 2009 03:05 AM EST --
Agate Beach is a huge expanse of blowing sand just north of Newport, Oregon. We stopped here on our vacation the summer of 2005 for a look and a walk. Captured in sepia.
There are many textures of . . .
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