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I'm not sure exactly how old he was, as an obituary has not come out, but one of my favorite people passed away about a month ago. Sonny Tripp was one of those people who really took care of his community. He was a really special coach, and a dedicated education advocate for Native students in...

We do love duck, so this dish is a contender!

Having grown tired of two same samey holiday meals a month apart, our new tradition is that for Christmas Eve we choose a different cuisine every year. Last year was Italian, and our main dish was lasagna. This year is French dishes. Do you have any suggestions?

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During the day, my usual drink is seltzer water. I'll drink still water, but fizzy water is my favorite. For morning caffeination, coffee with half and half is the only way. I love a good latte when I am at a cafe.

I just got accepted into a fellowship program for librarians who serve incarcerated and formerly incarcerated populations and one of the articles I read this week was one of Keri's articles. When I found the link to her memoir and saw the figure skating connection, I thought, I must go announce...

Mr Skateycat doesn't quite know what to do with himself! One minute he says I should just tell you to leave your arm floaties by your bed and you'll be fine, and next he says he'll feel bad if the tsunami goes to 50 feet. LOLOLOLOLOL

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/jul/29/tsunami-watch-california-coast-placed-alert-after/

I hope @SkateSand knows already! I saw from the December 2024 earthquake thread that she’s just inside the tsunami zone but that our neighbors is just outside of the zone.

Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise https://youtu.be/0UPXbL4nTz4?si=N6BVeOygsp0ynE5c Somewhere I saw an interview of him talking about this song. He was a working class guy doing his first year at UC Berkeley and he was dating a well to do young woman whose dad didn’t really like him. He...

Layne attended a local writers retreat, and one of our instructors heard about the book and knew she had to tell me about it.

If 90s is the RD, how about Lovefool by The Cardigans How Bizarre by OMC Fly by Sugar Ray

Mr Skateycat is into the current season of The Voice, so it looks like John Legend, Adam Levine, Michael Bublé, and Krista Ballerini are on the job.

We took our three year old granddaughter, Young Skateycat's niece, to see The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. She did well, liked the movie, enjoyed the popcorn and candy, and only wanted to talk during the movie once or twice.

We had such a good time at the Santa Rosa show! Mr Skateycat and I had VIP on ice tickets. The morning of the show, we got an email from Doug Webster saying that we could observe the edges class from 545 to 645 pm, and that our on ice seats would be ready at 645. So we did. Doug was the main...