Gotta hand it to our insurance company, Farmers. It has been on top of all the issues that were triggered by the car wreck Wednesday night: assessment, health care, rental cars, and reimbursement. Most importantly, my ladies seem to be doing OK today. For me, vacation will officially start when I pick up the check for the Honda (totaled) and select a rental car for the next few weeks. It’s time to hit the re-set button and concentrate on pretty lights and Christmas shopping rather than insurance forms and telephone calls. Still, I can’t help marveling how much better things are than they could have been. Meanwhile, I know that a Wild Card can’t hold a candle to the crazy things we do here daily. But I’m going to force myself to stay away from the blog as much as possible — and it provides some opportunity for you guys to interact while I’m blurking …
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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