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I celebrated my birthday with my family for the first time in 4 years, what a treat!  We went out to my favorite restaurant in Portland, Pambiche, on the corner of 28th and Glisan.  It’s vintage Portland, we sat at a table outside under heat lamps in a building that’s painted vibrant pink, teal and [...]

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I have an overactive bookmark folder that has 10 folders with subfolders.  Keeping track of websites is difficult, but here’s a few of the best.
World Nomads
Great travel advice, and their SafetyHub blog has good health information.  In a similar vein, at The Red Cross Store there’s great first aid kits.  That particular one was recommended [...]

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Laurelhurst Park in

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Poll!

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Since I don’t usually get to be around for many special days in my family, I wanted to be here this year for my Mom’s birthday.  So early Friday morning I loaded up the trusty Buick Regal for the long drive back from Sacramento to Portland.  It took 12 hours this time because I stopped [...]

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More Mendocino

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Originally uploaded by afrikarissa

Out the window of the “cottage.”

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More Mendocino

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Originally uploaded by afrikarissa

I retreated for a few days last week and went up to the Northern California coast at Mendocino. By the grace of God we had this beautiful cabin to stay at. On the front side (which I’m facing in this photo) you can see all three sides are glass looking [...]

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