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Wild Card/Sunday — 12.20.09

We get a two-fer this week -- the winter solstice (which means the days will begin gaining length from Tuesday on) and, of course, Christmas. The extended family will be getting together for the holidays per usual. Three of the six Oliveria siblings live in North Idaho. Plus my mother, 84YO Grandma Mo. Amy Dearest will be home for the holidays, too. My family has been blessed again this year with health and employment. In these times, that's enough to raise a glass in celebration. Now, for your Wild Card ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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