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Community Comment archive for Nov. 9, 2008

SUNDAY, NOV. 9, 2008

The Folk Festival 2008 at the close...

Good evening, Netizens...There comes a time in every joy-filled event when it is over, and at last you must drift back toward your home, still vibrating with the sounds and the memories of the faces of everyone you have seen. In my final picture of…

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The jams in the hallways...

Good morning, Netizens...Since wandering through the Spokane Fall Folk Festival nearly always means you will encounter musicians from various disciplines of music “jamming”. What is jamming, some may ask? It is 'an expression used by musicians to describe performing together without a set purpose or…

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The Fall Folk Festival...

Good morning, Netizens...Please allow me, before we begin our brief tour yesterday of the Fall Folk Festival, to introduce my intrepid assistant, Miss Lilly, my granddaughter, who at age 9 has attended three Fall Folk Festivals with her grandparents in her exciting walk through life.…

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Who Inspires You

I am contemplating the various people who have come and gone through my life, leaving and taking little qualities that make me who I am. It starts with my Dad – whom I have written a lot about, but he still tops the list. He…

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