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blood moon

Nebraska Jack is in town, and he took us all to dinner last night.  Here’s the view from the restaurant. We don’t see the moon from the house.  It’s behind us, so unless we’re driving along the road on the … Continue reading

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how low can it go

It’s the time of year when the lake’s levels are lowered.  It’s a slow process, but another sign that winter is coming and summer is over. So I have a wider beach…and more places to hunt for arrowheads on my … Continue reading

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pulling over on the side of the road…

…to take these pictures: I was on my way to the Big  City to pick up  Banjo Man at the airport Tuesday evening.  That afternoon we’d had wind and rain and hail…and then a rainbow. I had to pull off … Continue reading

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story man’s stories

You all know Story Man. Yeah, the guy with the fish. Last March one of his screenplays won Best Nebraska screenplay at the Omaha Film Festival. And now another script, a Western period piece (Story Man loves his western history!) … Continue reading

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happy birthday, retired mountain lady!

Keep rockin’, lady!  It looks good on you!  

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i call it waldo

There is an arrowhead in this photo. I saw it in the photo 20 hours after taking the picture and I have spent quite a bit of time down on the beach trying to find it.  Which, of course, is … Continue reading

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i made it myself

You want to know what this is, don’t you?  If you don’t know, then you are not living out here in the northwest where everyone I know is buying vodka and brandy and stuffing fruit into jars and comparing fermenting … Continue reading

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i don’t feel that old…

Today marks 44 years of marriage to Banjo Man. OMG. That day seems like a very long time ago. Because it was. But underneath the white hair (me) and bad knees (Banjo Man) and all of the other insults of … Continue reading

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starting the day off right

It’s Monday.  I have a long list of things to accomplish, and at the top of that list is to write. I have a deadline.  Again. Oh, my. Uh-oh.  I think I’m hyperventilating. Before crossing anything off my list (pack … Continue reading

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another tv-less game day

At 5:00 PM (PT) I will put on my new Huskers shirt, bought in Lincoln, Nebraska last June.  It is not the shirt you see here, but it’s red and it says “Huskers” on the front. I will look like … Continue reading

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