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| Work Less |
by Susan Daffron |
Some things in life are far more important than money |
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| When Stars Align |
by Susan Daffron |
When cats are cooperative, clearly the stars must be in some type of peculiar alignment. |
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| Goals and Outtakes |
by Susan Daffron |
Lessons learned, goals, and the challenges of photographing an uncooperative model |
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| Frightful Weather |
by Susan Daffron |
Winter days seem even shorter when the weather is crummy and the sun hasn't been out for what seems like forever. |
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| All The Books Are Done |
by Susan Daffron |
Our books are available and shipping from our ecommerce sites or Amazon.com. |
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| Hardly Working |
by Susan Daffron |
Not much work gets done the day after Thanksgiving, so it's a good day to take photographs. |
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| How Logical Is It? |
by Susan Daffron |
The newsletter has computer tips; what did you expect? |
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| Time and Stress |
by Susan Daffron |
It's easy to get so caught up in when something "should" happen that you fail to enjoy what is happening right in front of your face |
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| Rocks and Books Are Here |
by Susan Daffron |
The new books pass the sniff test, so they are ready to sell |
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| Restoring Order |
by Susan Daffron |
After a vacation, it feels like it takes all week just to get caught up |
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| Moldy To Dos |
by Susan Daffron |
Certain items on the to do list get so ancient, they start to get cyber-mold. |
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| The Thrill of a Two Dollar Typewriter |
by Susan Daffron |
A thrift store journey yields the ultimate typewriter: an IBM Selectric II |
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| Knowing Limitations |
by Susan Daffron |
When it comes to ultra nerdy stuff, sometimes you just have to get off the bus |
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| Opening the Gate |
by Susan Daffron |
Online business is really not different from any other business |
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| Getting the Words Out |
by Susan Daffron |
Writers seem to have a compulsion to get their words out to the masses. |
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| Summer Fun and Recalls |
by Susan Daffron |
Some days it's good to be a small business owner and some days it's not. |
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| Analysis Paralysis |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes you need to stop thinking and start doing. |
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| Balance and Priorities |
by Susan Daffron |
Do we all have to be ecstatic about working every moment of every single day to the exclusion of all else? |
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| A Book Journey |
by Susan Daffron |
When you live in a somewhat remote area, sometimes you have to go to extra lengths for services some people take for granted. |
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| Got Those Moving Blues |
by Susan Daffron |
Moving to a new computer can be a slow and often frustrating process. |
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| The Big Woo |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes you get really lucky and get to see Mogul in June |
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| Testing and Blow Torches |
by Susan Daffron |
IdeaWeaver passes platform testing and suggestions for the Ugly Dresser |
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| State of Mind |
by Susan Daffron |
Some days everything just seems way harder than it should be for no particular reason. |
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| Feeling Rushed? |
by Susan Daffron |
If you're feeling rushed and unproductive, maybe it's the technology not you |
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| Instant Replay |
by Susan Daffron |
Life is too short to relive every little incident over and over. |
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| A Little Quiet |
by Susan Daffron |
When the power goes out, you realize how noisy your life really is. |
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| Healthier Living vs. Austerity |
by Susan Daffron |
After the excesses of the holidays, it's time to return to the exercise program. |
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| Being Different and Creative is Good |
by Susan Daffron |
Steer yourself in whatever direction you choose, so all your most wild, creative, and wonderful dreams come true |
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| The Seasonal Snit |
by Susan Daffron |
When the weather gets cold, the seasonal snit descends |
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| Going Forward in Reverse |
by Susan Daffron |
When was the last time you got something in a software box other than a CD? |
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| It's True! |
by Susan Daffron |
If you can find parts for a 15-year-old sander, maybe you really CAN find anything on the Internet . |
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| The Cubicle Wasteland |
by Susan Daffron |
Marvelling at how little can happen behind those fabric walls. |
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| Concentration: A Lost Art? |
by Susan Daffron |
As a human being, being connected all the time is not a good thing. |
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| A Long Week |
by Susan Daffron |
Do what you can to help the disaster victims, but watch out for scam charities |
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| Huckleberry Heaven |
by Susan Daffron |
The highlight of this week was a huckleberry picking adventure. |
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| Shoulding All Over the Place |
by Susan Daffron |
Worrying about what you "should" do keeps you from enjoying what is happening. |
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| Rain, Projects, and the Return of the Programmer |
by Susan Daffron |
A week of rain slows everyone down, but the good news is that our programmer is coming back. |
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| Business Confusion |
by Susan Daffron |
Doing even the tiniest amount of market research can save your business. |
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| Mental Rebellion |
by Susan Daffron |
When non-workaholics revolt. |
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| Goofing is Good |
by Susan Daffron |
After a stressful week, it's good to have a few hours off to do something else. |
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| The Joy of Completed Projects |
by Susan Daffron |
The quest to avoid a closet filled with UFOs (unfinished objects). |
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| A TGIF Moment |
by Susan Daffron |
After a long week, all I want to do is have some fun |
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| Memorable Customer Service |
by Susan Daffron |
Recently long-lost clients have been reappearing. |
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| A Moment in the Sun |
by Susan Daffron |
Dodging the evil germ and endless Norton stupidity. |
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| Avoid the Bureaucratic Angstfest |
by Susan Daffron |
Why I never, ever want to return to cubicle life again. |
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| Be Happy |
by Susan Daffron |
Keeping clients happy isn't any big mystical business secret |
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| In a Barometric Mood |
by Susan Daffron |
After eight long years of freezing, we have heat that works. |
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| Never Assume |
by Susan Daffron |
Projects fail when in the absence of information, people start making up stuff. |
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| Resolve to Reflect |
by Susan Daffron |
It can be rewarding to look back over what you did in the past year. |
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| Many Moods |
by Susan Daffron |
So what exactly makes a mood ring work anyway? |
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| Snow and the Wood Stove |
by Susan Daffron |
A label printing tip and tales of the temperamental wood stove. |
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| The Eyes Have It |
by Susan Daffron |
Keeping an eye out for germs and holiday cell phone scams. |
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| Fighting Fires |
by Susan Daffron |
Planning ahead and keeping priorities straight |
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| The Last Glimpse of Summer |
by Susan Daffron |
Reader feedback and taking down the hoop greenhouse |
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| Reading vs. Snoring |
by Susan Daffron |
With a mediocre book, you have to decide if reading it is worth it. |
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| Avoiding "-isms" |
by Susan Daffron |
As soon as labeling begins, thinking stops. |
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| Chinking, Barking, Bugs, and Bats |
by Susan Daffron |
The chinking project was a long day for everybody. |
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| Moving Daze |
by Susan Daffron |
A long week of endless packing and heavy lifting. |
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| When Warm Fuzzies Aren't |
by Susan Daffron |
What do you call it when someone makes you feel crummy. |
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| Just Say No to Writer's Block |
by Susan Daffron |
When you have a whole lot of deadlines, sometimes you have to just write. |
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| People Are Not Sheep |
by Susan Daffron |
Why consensus should be replaced by compromise. |
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| Slithering Down the Garden Path |
by Susan Daffron |
Real gardeners think snakes and worms are just wonderful (eww). |
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| Carbs, Boards, and Google |
by Susan Daffron |
Some of us are glad to see the low carb fad fade into oblivion. |
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| Gummy Ick |
by Susan Daffron |
Some smells stay with you forever, whether you want them to or not. |
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| Three-Day Weekend! |
by Susan Daffron |
Enjoy the holiday weekend and recreate profusely. |
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| Dogs, Rice, and Tools |
by Susan Daffron |
Musings on the Bad Canine Digestive Event and people who refuse to learn. |
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| Near Misses |
by Susan Daffron |
Moving past transgressions, writing flops, and revisions. |
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| Dreaded Deadlines and Headaches |
by Susan Daffron |
Poor planning should not constitute an emergency, but it does. |
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| Deadlines, Broadband, and Chain Saws...Oh My! |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes a low-tech solution is the answer for high-tech problems. |
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| The Reality of Living |
by Susan Daffron |
Can you be successful in business and not sell out? |
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| Happy Ski Birthday |
by Susan Daffron |
Skiing beats working on your birthday. |
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| Sorting Socks |
by Susan Daffron |
Some days laundry is all your brain can handle. |
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| Hello? |
by Susan Daffron |
Apparently people don't think about who they call before they do. |
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| Time to Ski |
by Susan Daffron |
After much winter activity, everyone is tired. |
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| Holiday Entertainment |
by Susan Daffron |
Goofy stocking stuffers provide lots of enjoyment. |
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| Shopping Times |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes when you do your holiday shopping you find stuff for you. |
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| Snowstorms and Tofu Loaf |
by Susan Daffron |
Soggy early winter snowstorms can lead to loss of electricity. |
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| The Chocolate Motivation Method |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes people need a real incentive to do something. |
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| The Lost Afternoon |
by Susan Daffron |
Tweaking images in Photoshop is a good way to kill hours of time. |
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| Turtleneck Time |
by Susan Daffron |
It's cold out there, but the Fall Funk is lifting. |
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| The Personal Touch |
by Susan Daffron |
Thoughts on subscriber feedback and hard-working firefighters. |
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| Be Nice |
by Susan Daffron |
If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. |
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| Heavy Lifting |
by Susan Daffron |
Fall is a time for riding horses and moving pellets. |
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| Amnesia and Deja Vu |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes you just have to write stuff down. |
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| The Infinite Brain Loop |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes you do something over and over, even though you know it won't work. |
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| Dastardly Deeds, Firewalls, and Refinishing |
by Susan Daffron |
A little sanding can help take your mind of online badness. |
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| R.O.U.S's in the Beans! |
by Susan Daffron |
The mystery varmint is exposed after much destruction. |
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| Time is Money |
by Susan Daffron |
Some successful moments have nothing to do with money. |
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| Overcoming Threshold Paranoia |
by Susan Daffron |
Zooming through new experiences and feeling fine. |
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| The Hummer Wars |
by Susan Daffron |
Mr. Rufus defends his rights to the hummingbird feeder. |
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| Just Floating Around |
by Susan Daffron |
Learning to sail is fun even without wind. |
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| Friday Rolls Around Again |
by Susan Daffron |
Logical Tips goes out even amidst anxious hounds |
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| Holiday Fun |
by Susan Daffron |
Wildlife viewing and photography in the land of deep fur. |
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| Hit the Open Road |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes is necessary to take the road less traveled. |
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| No More Heavy Lifting |
by Susan Daffron |
The Great Garden Expansion project comes to an end. |
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| Idaho Avocado Lament |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes people actually do what they say they'll do. |
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| Recess is Good |
by Susan Daffron |
Kids enjoy recess, why shouldn't you? |
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| Suction Power |
by Susan Daffron |
Spring cleaning has to happen sometime. |
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| Winter vs. Summer |
by Susan Daffron |
The insects of North Idaho have awakened. |
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| Check the Rock |
by Susan Daffron |
Phrases meteorologists use that mean, "we have no clue." |
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| An Important Nasal Event |
by Susan Daffron |
Canine snouts know when you fraternize with other dogs. |
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| Dog Group Names |
by James H. Byrd |
Communicating complex pack dynamics requires new names. |
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| Spay Without Delay |
by Susan Daffron |
Musings on a good going away present. |
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| The Sounds of Silence |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes it would be nice if the sounds of civilization would shut up. |
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| Musings on Dirty Laundry |
by Susan Daffron |
Why avoiding televised news is good for mental health. |
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| Rain, Rain, Go Away |
by Susan Daffron |
Musings on rain, blues, fuzzy critters, and thrift stores. |
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| Spring in the Land of Unpredictable Weather |
by Susan Daffron |
Musings on weather weirdness and tracking time. |
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| Zoomer Kitties |
by Susan Daffron |
Musings on crashing, thunking, and cats rocking out. |
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| Canine Chair Claustrophobia |
by Susan Daffron |
Musings on chairs, canines, and Latin botanical names. |
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| Tales of Printers and Valentines |
by Susan Daffron |
Romantic gestures improve a less-than-wonderful day of computing. |
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| Meeting Musings |
by Susan Daffron |
Thoughts on "the most useless form of human endeavor." |
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| A Smile Makes a Lousy Umbrella |
by Susan Daffron |
Retaining one's mental health in the o-so-soggy Northwest. |
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| Settle Your Furry Self Down |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes you just need to focus to get the job done. |
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| Happy New Year |
by Susan Daffron |
Tales of power outages and hound romping. |
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| Winter Wonderland |
by Susan Daffron |
The first snow reminds you of all those snow-specific oddities you forget after three seasons. |
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| Holiday Cheer |
by Susan Daffron |
Getting those packages out is satisfying. |
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| Let There Be Light |
by Susan Daffron |
A new (old) light table arrives at LEI |
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| Mature Canines are Awesome |
by Susan Daffron |
Puppies are cute, but older dogs are easier to live with. |
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| Seven Dog Delight |
by Susan Daffron |
A canine-intensive vegetarian Thanksgiving day. |
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| Fall Mud Season |
by Susan Daffron |
Spring weather in Fall means a very messy house. |
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| Convenient Trees |
by Susan Daffron |
Thoughts on why we live where we live. |
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| The Tower of Procrastination |
by Susan Daffron |
Filing can be avoided; gravity can't. |
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| Bracing for Winter |
by James H. Byrd |
Keep warm with your loved ones as the temperatures drop. |
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| Personal Improvement Abounds |
by Susan Daffron |
Getting back into exercise and laundering hounds |
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| A Week with Fun Stuff in It |
by Susan Daffron |
Photography, sailing, stink bugs, mice and useless felines. |
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| Shredding and Bad Drivers |
by Susan Daffron |
Moments when you realize that sometimes technology is overrated. |
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| Word Counts, Quizzes and Canines |
by Susan Daffron |
Online training and pets on the 'net. |
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| Sitting Around Watching the (Lack of) Traffic |
by Susan Daffron |
Ruminations on quality of life questions. |
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| Red Raspberries and Scarlett O'Hara |
by Susan Daffron |
Garden explosion and printer death. |
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| Computers and Critters |
by Susan Daffron |
The Summer Computor Companion is up! |
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| Birdie TV |
by Susan Daffron |
A baby swallow leaves the nest (with a little encouragement). |
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| Live in the Moment |
by Susan Daffron |
You don't know what's around the next bend until you get there. |
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| Snakes and Chiengora |
by Susan Daffron |
Of slithering snakes and folicular explosions |
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| The Evil Toenail Trimmer Approaches |
by Susan Daffron |
Life with a small cat with big toenails impacts the creative flow. |
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| Bug Creep Out |
by Susan Daffron |
A week short on days but long on insect life. |
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| Of Coughing and Gardening |
by Susan Daffron |
A digging spree and the last Doing Business on the Web for a while. |
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| Canine Cuteness |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes hounds are adorable; sometimes they're not. |
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| The Word of the Week: E-road-sion |
by Susan Daffron |
Life on a dirt road in mud season. |
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| Robin Industry |
by Susan Daffron |
Robins don't always make the best nesting decisions |
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| Spring is in the Air |
by Susan Daffron |
Thoughts on Spring weather and a quickie tip. |
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| Firing Clients |
by Susan Daffron |
Sometimes the customer needs to be right somewhere else. |
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| Six or Seven is a Crowd |
by Susan Daffron |
Life with too many animals and humans in one workspace |
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| I Am Cat |
by Susan Daffron |
Troi the rotund tabby gets unlimited food |
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| Important Things |
by Susan Daffron |
Cami's veterinary incident. |
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| New Toys and Drizzly Weather |
by Susan Daffron |
Bad ski days, but good nerd days. |
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| Sun, Spam, and Lameness |
by Susan Daffron |
Enjoying lovely sunny days and updated web sites. |
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| Half the fun? |
by Susan Daffron |
Head colds and soggy snow. |
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| Cami vs. the Dog Clock |
by Susan Daffron |
The excitement of the new barking clock. |
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| Cleaning Up the Shop |
by Susan Daffron |
Removing wood and plastic to reveal a table saw. |
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| Sideways Snow |
by Susan Daffron |
Life in a snow globe and holiday cheer. |
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| Lots O' Snow |
by Susan Daffron |
Snow, generator power, and radar love. |
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| The Day After T-Day |
by Susan Daffron |
What vegans eat and changes to Computor Companion |
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| Radio shows and cars |
by Susan Daffron |
Experiencing a radio show and automotive distress. |
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| Of Rugs and Rodents |
by Susan Daffron |
Never mistake a kitty toy for a rodent. |
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| Of Motion and Messy Desks |
by Susan Daffron |
Lots of papers everywhere and no initiative to file them. |
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| Of Snain and Stinkbugs. |
by Susan Daffron |
Life in North Idaho can be soggy and stinky. |
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| Fun with Word, Wood and Tomatoes |
by Susan Daffron |
Lots of time thinking about Microsoft Word hurts the brain. |
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| The Week No One Will Forget |
by Susan Daffron |
Nothing will be the same after September 11, 2001. |
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| The Vacation that Wasn't |
by Susan Daffron |
Fires, dead hard disks, and Web site creation software |
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| Clear skies and windshields |
by Susan Daffron |
A new car windshield is the next best thing to new glasses. |
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| Deer vs. Rosebushes vs. Dogs |
by Susan Daffron |
Exciting developments when deer, fur, and dogs interact. |
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| Mysteries of Summer |
by Susan Daffron |
No bugs and no return phone calls. |
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| Dog Hair Indepence Day |
by Susan Daffron |
Setting up contact databases and dealing with dog hair. |
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| The Mouse Police Sleeps |
by Susan Daffron |
The Mouse Police are sleeping on the job. |
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