Sunday, November 12, 2006
A Sunday In November
The Sunday Seattle Times predicts more rain. It's almost comical, the forecast: today is "increasing rain and wind", tomorrow's is "rain at times", Tuesday's is "chance of rain". why don't they just say "50 percent chance of rain"? and cover all their bases. In other words, if you live in Seattle,...
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Is It Wrong For Neighbors To Steal Each Other's Parking Spaces?
There is something creepy about my downstairs neighbors. I just raised my blinds to let in some light and saw (again), that 103 did not waste any time taking 302's parking space, after 302 moved out. The new residents of 102 (this is a 9 unit building), are always sitting out (in the rain), on their...
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
News Flash: Blanche. Goes Girly And Gets Radical Red Hair!
I treated myself to a new haircut and color today at a salon that Cameron, the "C" in C & P Coffee Company recommended. I took Marykris, the stylist, an Americano from the C & P on my way up, since George, the barista knew her drink, and I figured it was the least I could do. I have never been...
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How Do You Play Strip Scrabble?
Yesterday was a very good day to be indoors. The weather forecasters here in Seattle say that the worst of the freakish storm front producing all this rain, which is in turn producing flooding, is past, but it's still raining. So, rather than go see a movie after M and I had finished visiting his...
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Friday, November 10, 2006
My Day In A Nutshell: Fine Furniture and Kitchen Envy
I got an education in furniture today. My boyfriend, MG (aka Professor Peabody), works for a furniture and interior design company, and we went on a house call in our neighborhood so that he could oversee a delivery of a living room group. It's interesting to see other people's houses, and...
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Skykomish, Sammamish, Snoqualmie: Washington Rivers Flooding
Skykomish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Sammamish, are all Northwest Native American names for Washington rivers, the rivers that have been flooding the outlying areas to the east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountains for the past several days. Freemanwalking just let me know that Mt. Rainier National Park...
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Thursday, November 9, 2006
The River She Rises, Just Like She Used To Do
Noah and his family would feel right at home in Western Washington this week. In fact, I think I saw an ark go by in this antediluvian rain, just up the street. There are record high rains, and the rivers, from the north end of the state of Washington to the south, all along the spine of the Cascade...
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Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows
Pete and I included a third woman in our conversation today as I ordered my coffee, and I ended up continuing our conversation back at my table. She is a very interesting person, whose acquaintance I was happy to make. I do meet such interesting people in there. P, it turns out, is a financial...
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The Sea Change: We Can Coexist Peacefully
“The American people have sent a resounding and unmistakable message of change and a new direction for America,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois Democrat who led his party’s campaign this fall in the House, his voice hoarse from exhaustion (New York Times, Nov. 8 edition). I was up at...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
A Good Night For Democrats: 31 Seats In The House
It's been a looooong, looong day, and I am dog tired, but so happy. I rode to the supply depot with the supervisor after the poll closed to drop off the ballots and equipment. I think there is going to be a sea change. Aren't you happy you voted today?
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