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This blog is my play area. I use it just to keep stuff sort of documented.

Olive oil tasting

Olive oil tasting

While we were on our wine tasting tour, we asked if the trees we were seeing were olive trees. They are, and the tour leader was excited about our interest. She set up an olive oil tasting before our cooking class. It's an established oil-making farm with a new shop...

Bolar Roast Sliders

Bolar Roast Sliders

Here is a recipe that is very bad for global warming, because it is mostly Beef. It's a recipe from one of Lisa's cousins. Enough Bolar Roast to feed your crowd1 large jar of pepperonciniDump all in to a crockpot, cook overnight.Shred and put on little slider bunsLisa...

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Happy Birthday Annisa!

Happy Birthday Annisa!

This is a gallery of photos click on the transparent triangle on the photo above to scroll through the photos.

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Winter Musings

Winter Musings

As a Board member at my church, we were each told to write a small blurg about winter for our newsletter. This was my submission. On these dark mornings when I put on the heavy sweats and reflective vest to head out on my morning run, it can feel more like a chore...

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Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

A memoir by the creator of Nike. This book came highly regarded by some guys at work. It was a fast read about how Phil Knight worked really hard, without a plan, and eventually became very rich overnight. I sort of wondered "so what?" after reading it. I guess I...

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 The Fascinating History of this Site

This Foray in to WordPress started on or about 11/26/2017. It’s ramblings about running, computers, and sometimes food.