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A Tale From the Grocery

It was last Sunday evening. I ran to the grocery to pick up a few things. I get to the self-check out and begin the process. As I pull out my wallet to scan the card, you know it.  I didn’t have my card with me, and I did not have enough cash on me [...]

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Colorado Home Back on Market :: Essay Contest Fails to Gain Enough Entries

This past March I read with interest about a couple trying to give away their Colorado Red Feather Lakes home for $100 and the best essay! I wrote about it in a blog post HERE. I have been periodically checking in on the progress of the contest. Today, I found out the contest is over. [...]

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10 Things I Like About the Heat in Phoenix

No one believes I really like the hot weather in Phoenix! They can not believe that after living in Colorado for over 38 years and Ohio 10 years before that, that I could really love the desert and its heat. Well —– I really do! I am always hearing some kind of mess (as my [...]

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Where’s Your Allegiance?

The sun is rising this morning here in Phoenix, and the United States is another year older. I normally don’t give it a lot of thought. This year is a little different. The country has a problem that is getting worse. Hundreds of years ago, the world from one year to the next looked pretty [...]

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Carnival’s Glory Eastern Caribbean Cruise: A ship’s view

PART 2 The Carnival Glory is part of the largest class of ship in the Carnival fleet. It is 110,000 gross tons. That’s pretty big! The Glory’s statistics are as follows: Length 952 feet (almost a quarter of a mile), beam 116 feet(this is the width at its widest). Passenger capacity is 3,700 with an [...]

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Where in the World is Philladden?

Clues and pictures to follow. Kind of a Where’s Waldo thing. Not sure how much access to technology I will have, but I hope to be able to have some fun with some posts over the next 9 days. And after that, I have lots of things to cover, thanks to many of you that [...]

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Hiking Camelback Mountain, Again

My first hike of Camelback Mountain was surprising. Surprising how hard it was for me! Hiking Camelback clearly showed what over 10 years of sitting can do to you. So on Memorial Day, I decided to do the hike again. This time, I made sure to take extra water, start earlier, and eat something (a [...]

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