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fire Originally uploaded by telfandrea. Besides wildfires spurred on by the combination of high winds and urban/suburban sprawl extending into dry foothills and mountains – we have had some successful fires at home this past post-thanksgiving weekend.  Dad had a truck-load of eucalyptus firewood delivered to me last year and I’m finally getting the hangContinue reading “Burning Dad’s Eucalyptus”

gift from amanda Originally uploaded by telfandrea. So I went to England in ’99? with a choir group from college (luckily including some good friends such as Amanda, Bob, and Missy) and while watching rugby or cricket or some other almost entirely foreign sport on TV there was an ad for "Scrumpy Jack" beer etc. Continue reading “gift from amanda”

my little warrior Originally uploaded by telfandrea. Um, why do I* like the Beowulf movie so much? So ridiculous yet so enthralling. And it was funny! And when the screen is five stories and you get plastic glasses so that the visual effects are totally enhanced…even better. Being the English major and a tad tooContinue reading “Aside”

dinner Originally uploaded by telfandrea. So I disconnected for Thanksgiving weekend and then found on Monday, my, my, do I have a lot to catch up on. We were honored to have Amanda and her Yakima-based parents (Rex & Carolyn) as well as Michael, a friend and former colleague of mine, over for Thanksgiving dinner.Continue reading “Thanksgiving…”

This morning, drinking my americano and eating a pumpkin scone, I read this article, found through a blog I enjoy. The author of the blog is disconnecting from all things Internet over the long weekend…and something in me just said, YES! I tend to waste a lot of time dinking around on facebook and blogs,Continue reading “Disconnecting”