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Spirited Lava Lamp
Lava lamps are cool.  So cool, in fact, that a town here in Washington State is thinking about putting up a 50 foot high lava lamp as a roadside attraction. My brother likes lava lamps a lot.  He's also the crafty, creative, do-it-yourself type...
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The Flying S
My grandfather John Engwald Sylte, who was the eldest of five sons, once traveled by train through northern Idaho during the tail end of the Dust Bowl years.  He was enticed by the surroundings where the lush green of the Selkirk Mountains...
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Exotic Escapade
My mother taught History of Civilization in college for many years. She has always loved learning about different countries and cultures and tried to visit them, if she could. My mom and stepfather used to travel overseas almost every summer, and often...
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A Sappy, Soapy Celebration
  Twenty years ago this week I met my husband. It was not love at first sight. As a matter of fact, neither one of us made a very good first impression on the other. We were both attending Glasgow...
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Meet Your Maker, Part II
Me, part deux… When we first moved to Seattle, I started waiting tables at an Indian restaurant and going to school for my master’s degree in teaching. My future mister tried a couple different career paths, eventually settling into a...
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