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Looking Back at the Year of Blogging in 2014
“The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.” As WordPress bloggers we get this notification and a summary of our stats for the year, which I always find fun and interesting to review. It is an opportune time to say “thank you” — thank you for joining me, as I continue on my…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth
The cats of Old San Juan invoke warm feelings — gratitude toward their caretakers and the amazing Save a Gato organization, and delight with the welcoming love of these felines. Warmth is not only a reference to temperature, but as defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary, also refers to “the quality or state of being kind or…
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Christmas Tree of Memories
It is Christmas Eve. We have a beautiful live Christmas tree in our living room, a tall Fraser fir … with nothing more than star at the top and lights this year. With cats in the house, we’ve always been careful to put the breakable ornaments near the top, out of reach of playful paws.…
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Christmas City of the North Parade
Holidays are steeped in tradition. For 56 years on the Friday before Thanksgiving, Duluth, Minnesota has kicked off the Christmas season with a parade through downtown, filled with festive floats, marching bands, and dance troupes. Rain or snow, balmy or brisk, the Christmas City of the North Parade brings people out, bundled for whatever the weather brings, filling the…
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