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Sockeye Sighting at Shinglemill Creek, Vashon Island Marcie Sims As we walked along the creek, our dog spotted you first, alerting us to your presence. In barely two inches of water, in the clear but rapidly moving shallow creek, there you were. Hooked-nosed and crimson in your old age, returning by instinct for this final …

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THE SR-71 The Black Bird, a Stunning, Awesome Plane It was May of 2012 and my husband Hal had received an invitation to join a friend for a luncheon at the Museum of Flight Air Museum at Boing field in Seattle, Washington. Hal was ecstatic about this luncheon, not so for the food, but the …

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Encounter with Woodland

A Birthday Parade for the Grand Duke of Hesse It was the 1st of July 1932, and this is the day we will go with our Mrs. Kramer, our Governess to the parade grounds in our City of Darmstadt to watch and enjoy the duke

An Unforgettable Luncheon with Treasured Friends My life is not very exciting if it were not for my short stories. I have now been a widow for five years. I lost my beloved husband Hal to a long illness. But I still have my dear, dear friends because I keep them in my heart. One …

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Marcie

Wonderful Sounding Music for Dancing It was 1969 and it was during the years we lived in Longview/Washington the place Hal was transferred to by AT&T. This is now 2022. I was looking through my vinal records to play some music that would bring back to me times I enjoyed together with my beloved husband, …

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