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By Linda Wallace: January 2007
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Friday, January 26, 2007. Reporter Carol Smith, photo by Joshua Trujillo. I am awed by stories of starting over. I cannot see myself moving to Russia, learning the language and succeeding in finding work to support myself and my family. Yet immigrants to the U.S. do it all the time, true heroes in my eyes. So, did she find her dream job? Posted by Linda Wallace @ 9:42 AM. Links to this post. Friday, January 19, 2007. If you’re familiar with the.
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By Linda Wallace: May 2007
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Monday, May 21, 2007. I’ve taken part in three plant/land events this last week. The photo is of me wearing my White Center Spring Clean tee-shirt and Trust for Public Land hat. Friday, May 11, I worked for the Washington Native Plant Society. To prepare for the spring native plant sale at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. On Saturday, May 12. Tuesday, I attended the 12th Annual Conservation Awards Breakfast sponsored by the Cascade Land Conservancy.
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By Linda Wallace: February 2007
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Saturday, February 17, 2007. My husband and I just returned from a lovely little Valentine getaway at the Semiahmoo Resort. Attitude, I think. I imagine the work was equally hard for both sexes. One of the main attractions at Semiahmoo for my husband and me was the spa. During our courting days, we visited La Costa. Posted by Linda Wallace @ 11:34 AM. Links to this post. Monday, February 12, 2007. Don’t laugh; it hurt! I didn’t actually need medical ...
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By Linda Wallace: December 2006
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Monday, December 11, 2006. I walked a different direction yesterday. Seattle, as always, was gorgeous even though my photo doesn’t do it justice, but I was seeing the city and the Sound in a new light. Most usually I walk the avenues in West Seattle, running north and south, but yesterday, just for variety, I walked east and west following the streets. Everything looked so different! Posted by Linda Wallace @ 7:53 PM. Links to this post. To compensat...
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By Linda Wallace: April 2007
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Sunday, April 29, 2007. I have a sea of blue washing all through the yard and garden. The bluebells are borderline invasive, but I love them anyway. Plants play an important role in the settings of my novels. Some reviewers have mentioned how they felt they were really a part of the scene when they read my books. You can read excerpts of the novels and the reviews on my Web site: www.linda-wallace.com. Posted by Linda Wallace @ 8:53 PM. The Cambodian...
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By Linda Wallace: November 2006
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Saturday, November 25, 2006. I was relieved to see in the November 23 issue of the. I visited the Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation. Bog cranberry is a Washington native plant,. I’m a Washington Native Plant Steward, so that makes the cranberry of particular interest to me. Another native cranberry is lingonberry or mountain cranberry,. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Cranberry farming began here more than 100 years ago. A partne...
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By Linda Wallace: August 2006
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Friday, August 25, 2006. Or broke my leg and couldn’t walk down the runway? I went on the ride anyway, but I’m embarrassed to admit I hesitated before setting out. Do celebrities real fashion models, actors, TV news anchors, etc. live their lives under a cloud of worry over their appearance? Do they forgo work and fun in fear of disturbing their perfection? If so, what constricted lives they must lead. So what to wear? So, I wasn’t chosen as one of t...
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By Linda Wallace: September 2006
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Thursday, September 28, 2006. Wednesday was a sad day. Contractors for Seattle City Light showed up, power equipment at the ready, to prune the locust trees in my front yard. I knew they were coming. All up and down our block, they’d distributed letters informing residents of the pending butchery. The Right Tree Book. Or you can download. An Adobe copy from their site. We were probably lucky our trees escaped unscathed for as long as they did. City L...
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By Linda Wallace: March 2007
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Saturday, March 10, 2007. Yesterday, I played tour guide for my community. When I invited a friend from the Eastside to dinner, she confessed to being afraid to drive through White Center. She envisioned tattooed gangsters with guns standing on every street corner. She agreed to come but only if she could bring another one of our friends along for support. I’ve been attending White Center Community Development Association. A mixed-income development ...
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By Linda Wallace: October 2006
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Author's thoughts on the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Saturday, October 21, 2006. Today, 40 industrious volunteers planted 1400 native plants at the White Center Greenway Regional Stormwater Pond. I personally planted 9 madrones, which put me rather far behind the 35 per person average. Probably because mine were planted perfectly. Posted by Linda Wallace @ 8:09 PM. Links to this post. Saturday, October 14, 2006. In Long Beach Washington, not California, home of the Queen Mary. Long Beach hosts the ...
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