Chris Pappas, retired City Clerk, was back in Post Falls City Hall Monday morning, overseeing the start of absentee balloting. City Administrator Eric Keck (pictured with Pappas) cast the second ballot, right behind Larry Carstensen/KerriT, Main Street. More here.

• I hate football (or is it just the Philadelphia Eagles I hate?/Accidental Rabbit Trails
• Talking to myself/A Family Runs Through It
• Have we totally lost our sense of humor?/Dogwalk Musings
• Zippity-duped-ya, zippite-a/Slight Detour
• Ides of October/Tumblewords
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• Show and tell/A Butterfly Moment
• A couple of things that made me look twice/Atmospheric Ruminations
• A simple health care system/Community Comment
• Holiday chores/Simple Mind
• Traveling through time with the photo box/Gathering Around the Table
• Actions for action on global warming/KEA Blog
• 3BT: Rainout, Soup, Coma/Kellogg Bloggin'
• Not Me Monday/Midnight Marauder

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