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A season: Wrestling

By Leslie Parks - Friday, December 29, 2017
Another wrestling season and he's made weight! This is a huge gain from last year. Again on JV but I've seen him win a match. The light weight wrestlers crouch low to the ground,, quickly circling each other with their arms out, tapping heads, reaching for legs like crab squaring up on the beach. The heavy weight wrestlers come out to the mat...

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An outing: Snowshoeing to Artist Point

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, December 28, 2017
"The mountains are calling and I must go" - John Muir When the rain sets in, the skies push the grey down, the sun is a barely visible circle in the sky, I know I must seek the brightness of the mountains. Its a need of my soul to be surrounded by light, pushing the darkness away. The mountains offer that promise of...

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A Tradition: Nooksack Eagle Viewing

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, December 28, 2017
For the last few years, I've introduced peole to the eagles on the Nooksack. When we drive up and park, steeping out of the car, we can immediately hear the eagles call to one another. It is such a distinctive shriek and they chatter too. And when that person first catches a glimpse of one or two eagle soaring over head, joy and...

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Holiday

Christmas Morning

By Leslie Parks - Monday, December 25, 2017
For the last few years, we allow the kids to open stockings so that we can sleep in. The rule is to be quiet and take out the rolls from the fridge so that I can start baking them once I get up.  I always include some kind of breakfast food in their stocking. Years past it has been individual sugary cereal but...

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A Date: Vancouver Christmas Market

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, December 21, 2017
Sometimes I just need to find Christmas.  I look around and Christmas is gone. Sales are here but it's holiday this and holiday that. No one says "Merry Christmas". I need Christmas. I need the Christmas lights, Christmas candy, Christmas trees. I need the smiling faces and the quiet humming of Christmas music.  My country has given up Christmas for tolerance and non...

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