You know how I know when I'm in the Vacation Zone? When I forget which day it is. Obviously, that happened yesterday -- when I posted a Wild Card for Monday. Cindy caught me. And I'm so laid back that I didn't correct the mistake…
For some of us, summertime=yard work. With 4 sons, 3 of them teens, it's been a long time since I've mowed a lawn. But, there's weeding, and edging, and trimming, and did I mention weeding? Maybe we should forget the grass and go for one…
"The University of Idaho is spending nearly $400,000 a year to support three employees in New Mexico without any oversight, an electrical engineering professor at the school says." UI professor questions money spent in New Mexico Thoughts?
I can barely figure out my MP3 player, so I think I'll pass on the Zune: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/27/microsoft-adds-touch-screen-web-browser-zune/What's on your playlist today?
More sunshine, just in time for my lobster bisque look to deepen to ruby red. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/27/expect-sunny-weather-all-week/And the Spokane Park Board approved discount passes for frequent pool users: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/27/park-board-approves-discount-pool-passes/Where's your favorite place to swim?
So my bank was bought by another bank. New decor. New checks. And new tables in the lobby. You know-- the tables containing deposit/withdrawal slips. The tables with the awful, awkward pens tied to some kind of unbending plastic wire. However, the big New York…
OTV looks for waterfalls but dines with Cabbage Patch dolls instead: http://getoutnorthidaho.blogspot.com/2009/05/panhandle-cafe.htmlJeanie fondly remembers Oscar-- the oven mitt: http://www.jeaniespokane.blogspot.com/Silver Valley Girl shares about her close encounters of the family kind: http://silvervalleystories.blogspot.com/2009/05/close-encounters.htmlMrs. Mac shares a wonderful Nathan story: http://scentedgeranium.blogspot.com/2009/05/all-in-good-time.htmlAnd Marianne Love writes of Man and Birds:…
In the Bad News Department: Kootenai property values fall for the second straight year: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/27/overall-kootenai-property-values-fall/The Mariners lose from ahead-- again: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/27/mariners-lose-from-ahead-again/And my cat, Milo learned how to unroll toilet paper. Lots of toilet paper. If you've got some good news to share we'd love to…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
