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Where to Find Huckleberries
When we moved to the Idaho panhandle in the summer of 1998, I heard people talking about huckleberries. I had never tasted a huckleberry, but I love berries of all kinds, so I was intrigued. “You say they grow wild? I’d love to pick some. Where can I find them?” “Oh, they grow all over. Just go up in the…
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A Little Free Library
Last fall I posted about exploring the Little Free Library movement in our area of Denver. There were several close by so we enjoyed putting the coordinates in our GPS then driving around residential neighborhoods trying to spot them. Soon after we moved back to Idaho, I discovered this one just across the street, tucked away in the Community Garden.…
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Selway Falls Day Trip
Lyle loves to come up with weekend adventures for us, and I’m more than happy to go along for the ride. This past Saturday he picked a route out of his Backcountry Roads Idaho book that would take us down into central Idaho. Laura had the day off so the whole family got to go, and we made arrangements to meet…
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A Little Imagination
Admittedly, the print shop needed a little TLC when I took over managing the office earlier this summer. It’s amazing what a fresh coat of paint will do for a place, though. I had other ideas, too. I took down the broken blind on the left window. The one that had been cut out around the neon OPEN sign at…
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Movie Night in the Park
One of the nice things about living in a little bitty town is how simple and accessible the community activities are. I’m sorry, but I just did not care to join a million (literally! a million!) of my “closest friends” in downtown Denver for the Super Bowl party last winter. Just not my idea of fun. At all. Ever. Thankyouanyway.…
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Book Review: The Enchanted Barn
My friend Heather and her family moved into a barn this summer. They really did. Isn’t it pretty? You can read about it on their family’s blog: To Sow a Seed. I’ve always thought it would be kinda cool to live in a barn. I have Grace Livingston Hill to thank for that. When I was a teen I loved Grace…
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Weekend on the Oregon Coast
Something Lyle and I have been looking forward to ever since we moved back to Idaho this spring is our traditional* trip to the Oregon Coast for his birthday. I always have Friday afternoons off, so Lyle took last Friday afternoon off as well and we headed out about 1:00. We live in the panhandle of Idaho, just a few minutes…
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Simple Blog Post Planner (with Free printable)
I’ve been blogging for a long time, but I still feel like I have so very much to learn. Last summer I moved from Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress platform. If you aren’t a blogger you may not know what that means, but it’s not important. The point is, there was a big learning curve involved. Once we got settled after…
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105 More Gifts
I certainly haven’t kept up with listing “gifts” every day, counting up to 1,000, but last time I left off (back in March!) I had counted to 300. For this post I’ll start with July 1st and go forward from there… July 1. 3 Gifts Loved Lyle Laura Rebecca I’m sure I’ve listed them before, but that’s okay, I am…
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The Man Behind the Blog
A silly interview with my sweet husband whose birthday happens to be today. “Hello. I’m Karla, your resident blogger. I would like to interview you for an article I’m working on this week. Would that be okay?” “Do I have a choice?” “No. No, you don’t. And just so you know, I reserve the right to include leading questions in…
