Introduction to Boise County Idaho On February 4th, 1864, the Idaho Territorial Legislature created Boise County. They named Idaho City as County Seat. This made the County one of the Territory’s seven original counties. Over the next fifty-three years, Boise …
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Living with Diabetes Anyone who knows me knows that I live with a chronic condition called diabetes mellitus. Many Americans do. It is a national health crisis–one for which the medical profession claims there is no cure. I have read …
By Way of Introduction This post will look at my first photography sales–ever. The past few days, I’ve been reviewing my notes about blogging, and what I want to achieve through my blog. From the start, I wanted to get …
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Introduction to Blaine County Blaine County, 5B on Idaho license plates, lies in the south central part of the state. Most residents live in the Wood River Valley between Ketchum and Gannett. Blaine County came into being when the Idaho …
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A Bigger Table I recently received A Bigger Table in the mail as part of LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer program. I’ve been reading John Pavlovitz’s blog for a couple years and find his work vital to living in our society. I …
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Introduction Back in 1927, Oscar Hammerstein set lyrics to Jerome Kern’s music and wrote “Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.” Since then, numerous artists have recorded the song, Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man, again and again. And it …
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Introduction Yesterday, I didn’t feel up to snuff, or to anything else, for that matter. Today is slightly better, thanks largely to the roses, and lilies, and hollyhocks, oh my! that are blooming in my flower beds. Yesterday, I came …
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Introduction Yesterday, I spent time doing four of my favorite activities. I read, finishing a comic mystery titled The Trouble With San Francisco (link below). I took a few photographs, including the day lily at the top of this page …
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Introduction I used to wake every morning with a song playing in my head. That hasn’t happened for quite some time. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I woke to my own internal juke box. This morning, I …
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I’m back from taking time off. It’s been a while since I last wrote anything new. I was getting overwhelmed between spending all my time writing, plus all the drama surrounding our daily life these days. I had to sit …
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