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Felt + Snow = Bad
The chronicles of inappropriate footwear continue. A few years ago, when I was shopping for the waders and boots I need for my job taking pictures while waist deep in rivers, I was under the impression...
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My alternative lifestyle
While on vacation the three days before Christmas, I decided to pretend I’m a different kind of writer. The kind the writes from home. I volunteered to turn in 10 pages at my fiction writing class on...
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Pet therapy
I’m lucky to live in a region where it is socially acceptable to bring your dogs everywhere. Even if you can’t take them into a store or restaurant, no one looks at you funny if you leave them in the...
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Trapped at my house with my two best friends
Seems like lots of people already are having cabin fever thanks to Snowpocalypse 2012: Pacific Northwest. Not me. Remember, I spent two straight weeks in a chair without going farther than 20 steps out...
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Hazy shade of autumn
I apologize to my new readers and old friends who grew accustomed to my daily postings. I surprised even myself with how often I blogged during my trip. Now that I’m back home, my goal is to post at...
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Getting organizized in 2013
You know that feeling like you left something behind? Or there was something you were supposed to do? Or you walk into a room and forget what you walked in there for? Yeah. That. My first day back at...
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Building a blog tribe
I never used to care how many readers I had. When I first started blogging in 2002, I was afraid to attach my name to it, afraid to put myself all the way out there. I wanted to write publicly, but...
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In the background: A freeway falls into the river
For the Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background, I give you Interstate 5 collapsed into the Skagit River. Allow me to zoom out so you can see how close my old office used to be to this freeway. This...
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Writing in Community
I keep telling one of my coworkers how antisocial I am, but he doesn’t believe me. That’s because I interact with him mostly through online chat and the very occasional in-person meeting. When I do...
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Packing for BarkWorld. What to wear?
I am queen of the convention circuit this year. Whether for fun (Emerald City ComiCon, Power-Con), work (Tribal Habitat Conference), enhancing my craft (Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat), or a blend of...
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Speaking up for positive training
Several of us in the positive training community were distressed a few months ago when a company that sells shock collars courted dog bloggers to convince them of the virtues of aversive training. It...
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