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Unclothing This Horse

December 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · lifestyle

The jury is in. I’ve decided to delve farther into my satisfaction, actually my enchantment, with the clothes I’ve already got, and not shop for or buy any garments for at least six months. Ta-da!
I can picture my male readers, maybe especially the ones without a female in the home, scratching their heads and saying, [...]

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Enchanted With What I’ve Already Got, Part I

November 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · community, lifestyle

Remember when we were teenagers and it was so great when our parents would leave and we’d have the house to ourselves? A part of me is evidently still a teenager, because my husband left early yesterday morning for a week of wonky policy-type stuff in the east, and I’m all atwitter over having the [...]

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Best And Worst of Alice B. Toeclips

March 9th, 2009 · No Comments · community, health & well being, lifestyle, transportation

Do you want to visit or live in one of the best bicycling cities in the United States? I’ll bet you do. Then you’d be visiting or living in Portland, Oregon, where I am and where the nonprofit organization Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has its headquarters. I went to its annual awards and fundraising dinner, [...]

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