I’m dreaming of a used Christmas…

Minnie, Mike and I were sitting around over supper talking about our love of the second hand. We love St. Vincent De Pauls. We love Goodwill. Salvation Army. Value Village. Even Ebay (if you’re careful) can be a trove of treasure if you know what you’re looking for.
So…and this is just idle [...]

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A Letter from LB

Got a letter from the boy in the wilderness. Thought I’d share it with all of you. His writing style is…interesting…
Hey Mom and Poppa and fam,
This is LB. I’m writing in the van on the way to the weekend site. Tell T that not only did I build bridges, I built 3 [...]

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A trip to Seaside

Last week, while everyone else was gone (Mike with some church friends, T to Wisconsin, LB in the wilderness and Keys at camp with Fred), Minnie and I went to the northern Oregon coast for two nights. We visited Seaside and Astoria, as well as spending part of an afternoon in Washington. [...]

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The car went beep beep beep

The car actually did a bit more than that. Last week Sunday, while T was out with his friend, the car he drove snapped, crackled, popped…and lost power while he was on the freeway. He called Mike, then AAA and had the car towed back to the house. All in all it [...]

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