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Memory

A Parade: Ski to Sea

By Leslie Parks - Saturday, May 27, 2017
We have lived here for 16 years and have never attended this parade.   It took having an exchange student to get us to the parade. This was a classic parade: bands, firetrucks, police, dance groups, vintage cars and horses. The Clydesdale horses came plodding by and Robin asked if they were real. Yes, Clydesdale horses are real. I wonder what we would...

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A Tradition: Pool Setup

By Leslie Parks - Saturday, May 27, 2017
"Life is simple, just add water" And so we are.  Every year we haul in the sand, pull weeds, smooth out the area and set up the pool. Grateful for grown children that can do the work. Grateful for a system that is in place. However, we always have questions about the pool.  Every year, there is something else we can't remember. This...

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Fishing with Friends

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, May 23, 2017
There are many moments that slip away, vanishing in the mist of memory. Then there are the few strange moments that seem able to live in my mind forever.  Fishing is one of those things that will forever keep a place there. We don't fish very often, in fact the last time we fished (meaning John and the kids) it was particularly traumatic...

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An Outing: Deception Pass

By Leslie Parks - Saturday, May 20, 2017
Its been too long since John and I just went away for the day together.  Usually we go over night once during the winter and this year, we didn't feel like we could.  I have to say that I really missed it. For us as a couple, we need to regroup, align our thoughts and reconnect.  We've settled for little day trips here...

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