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Apr 12, 2011

Our second stop in Italy on this cruise was the port of Sorrento.  We hopped on a hydrofoil and decided to take a day trip to Capri since none of us had been there.  This was another stop I had really been looking forward to, because I'd fallen in love with the images in the film The…

Apr 11, 2011

My earliest memories of going to the library were with my Mom.  She loved to read and my brothers and I did as well.  We'd go every other week to this beautiful library in the "city" with a large atrium and floors of books going in circles all the way up to a glass dome.  No one needed to tell us to hush, just the dramatic architecture and wood bookcases with brass railings gave you a feeling of awe.  Then and now I love the smell of a library.I'd get as many Nancy Drew…

Apr 4, 2011

What affects 250 million people, mostly children, and is considered rare?  Rare Disease.  Over 7,000 diseases are classified as Rare Diseases.  Drug companies, universities, and other research organizations just don't spend much time, if any, on finding treatments or cures for these diseases, because when money is spent it's usually spent where it will do good for the most people.  That was not something the families of the children and adults with rare diseases are…

Apr 3, 2011

Entrance to ODT from Lower Elwha Rd towards Port Angeles

One of the things we really like about where we live, besides the cute vampires and muscular werewolves of course,…