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2007
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I just talked to a friend of mine, and something he said led me to tell him this story. I don’t talk about this, I’ve only told a handful of people, because I’m afraid it makes me sound crazy. But it’s real, so why should I care how it makes me sound? I thought he needed a little God, a littl...
09/30/2007
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Small town Friday night, football game. Goofy older guy dancing a crazy pantomime to show us where to park. Patience with the parent volunteer who has trouble with “Two adults and three children please.” Really, what’s the rush honey, take your time. I ordered hot chocolate – the entire conces...
09/28/2007
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So, what was your real estate school like? Mine was about a nine week course pounded down into a two week package, and its sole intent was to get me to pass a test. I had a GREAT teacher (Spruce School of Real Estate, if you’re local and thinking about it) and he prepared me VERY well,...
09/28/2007
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Today Little One had to go to the optometrist. I couldn’t believe the array of technical equipment used to measure every facet of her eyes and vision. (I was thankful yet again that my husband has good insurance!) As a curious person, I wanted to see everything for myself. They were so sweet ...
09/27/2007
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So Jason Sardi is in pursuit of the perfect sentence, one that “explains it all”. He thinks the world can be summed up in a simple sentence, and he’s going to find it, or write it. I believe in that boy, but thankfully, this time he’s wrong. You cannot explain away the world in a sentence. Th...
09/27/2007
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On a recent Saturday morning, I took my family on a field trip to Huntington, West Virginia. We visited the Pink Bridge at Ritter Park, had lunch and shopped at Pullman Square and then on the way out, stopped at Frostop for a root beer. There is no better root beer. Period. Frostop takes me ba...
09/25/2007
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Ritter Park , Huntington, WV Click to View Show My family and I spent a recent Saturday morning in Ritter Park. The main point of our visit was to see the pink bridge. I have friends who are battling cancer, and I loved the quiet reminder of a pink bridge. I imagine people driving over it on the...
09/25/2007
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We have a pink bridge in Huntington. It might take some people by surprise, but around here we know what it means. A guy named Jason Sansom painted one of the bridges at Ritter Park pink to raise awareness about breast cancer. It makes a subtle statement, and personally I like it and what it ...
09/24/2007