NaNoWriMo

I just finished my novel's first draft. The books is tentatively called Mr. and Mrs. Gumshoe and the case of A Death in Death Valley.

So now I can get by to my regularly scheduled life.

Made in America

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This year for Thanksgiving we're going to try to serve foods that originally came from the Americas. Not as any kind of political statement, but as a reminder of how many of our foods came from America. For example turkey, that's fine since the wild turkey is a native North American bird. So what else should be include?

Stuck in Lodi

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Being well away of the danger (thanks, Credence Clearwater Revival) I went to Lodi for the Sandhill Crane festival. They have had a festival for the Sandhill Crane for the last 16 years. Their goal is to bring awareness to this large but little known bird.