HaldeCrate
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I am not easily sidetracked, my focus is laser—- OH LOOK A CHICKEN
Every morning I get up and look at my laptop and think “I really want to write a blog post” (in some cases, NEED to, because it’s on my list of things to do that day). And then I get excited about trying to actually get some work done in between cleaning cat boxes, and
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This Week in Vacation Planning (07/14/23)
Oops. I started writing this on the 4th with the intention of publishing it on the 5th, and then got busy. Where were we? Still trying to figure out where I want to go and what I want to see. How do you narrow it down when it’s between “everything” and “nothing, I just want
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Forgotten Skills
Do you have any skills you’ve lost over time? List as many as you can think of, no matter how proficient you were at them. Think back to your childhood, your teenage years, and your early adult years. Riding a bike Swimming Sleeping through the entire night without waking up even once From your list,
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This Week in Vacation Planning (06/28/23)
Rather than bore everyone on Facebook incessently talking about my travel (DID YOU KNOW I’M GOING TO THE UK NEXT SUMMER????) I thought I’d do a category of posts here on the blog, talking about how I’m working things out for the vacation. This post is about three things; I’m on the hunt for a
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Get Out the Map
When I was a child, I loved globes and maps. I mean, I still do; but when I was young, I would pour over them, especially if the map was in a book. Fantasy book? Doubly so. Seeing the map of an imaginary place made it that much more real to me – real not
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Hop on over here and learn about Gopher Frogs
Every now and then over on Facebook I like to show off a new picture of Back Yard Froggy; every time I do, I wind up having to answer half a dozen “toads can be deadly to dogs, don’t let your dog lick it!” statements. Statements like this come from a place of love and




