Julie Says
Return of the Peddler
I pulled the old photo down from our kitchen wall. It’s a shot of a bearded old man praying with hands folded to his brow over a simple meal of gruel and a loaf of bread. The photo had originall...
Aug 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woo Hoo! A Summer Contest!
By the time August rolls around, some of us are coming close to scraping the bottom of our summer entertainment idea barrels. If you’re in this boat, don’t despair, for I have come to the rescue ...
Jul 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Dog Days of Summer
When our family moved to Pleasant Hill in the summer of 2002, one of the first things on our to-do list once we were settled was to find a dog to move in with us. I began the search on Petfinder.c...
Jul 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Here Comes the Sun, Solstice and a School Bond Measure
Writer James Dent has summed it up: “The perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawn mower is broken.” Aaaah, summer. But before the s...
Jun 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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