Barbara J. Hamby

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Writers’ Weekend at the Beach

The same gremlins that brought snow to several miles of the coast range, while I was driving to Ocean Park on the Long Beach Peninsula on Saturday, apparently attacked my desktop computer last night. I wrote a blog entry twice, saved it each time and got a message that it was “locked for editing by another user.” I could,… click here to continue

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February, 26th, 2007

On My Soapbox

Today I read that the State of California has banned a certain type of dry cleaning chemical. It has been years since I had anything dry-cleaned. I noticed long ago that the fumes burned my nose and sometimes my skin was irritated when wearing freshly cleaned clothes. Now I own nothing that needs dry cleaning and almost nothing that… click here to continue

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February, 23rd, 2007

Acronyms, etc.

I’m thinking of starting a Society for the Elimination of Acronyms (SEA). Now that text messaging is threatening to destroy the English language, as we know it, I think it is time to take action. Comments, anyone?

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I need to share how I wasted a hunk of my… click here to continue

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February, 21st, 2007

A Welcome Home Day

Yesterday was one of those days that Mother Nature teases us with here in the Pacific Northwest before another onslaught of rain makes us long for the sun. We spent the afternoon and evening with friends, at a mountainside lodge, and enjoyed a Dungeness crab feast that was a real welcome home. We were actually able to sit outside… click here to continue

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February, 18th, 2007

Happy First Day Home-Valentines Day

We are in the recovery rooms--home again. The cruise part of the trip was mostly delightful, but flying across the country is not for these two oldies. We decided we won’t do that again. Flying through Houston airport on the back seat of a speeding shuttle, to get from Concourse E, Gate 12 to Concourse C, Gate 32, in time… click here to continue

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February, 14th, 2007

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