Vibrant Journey

A fun little senses challenge where you’ll get to size up King Kong and learn a little too much about Parmesan cheese. BBC has some great interactive Science and Nature content.

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We’re in Anaheim for SunGardHE Summit and enjoying our stay at the Disneyland Hotel. Days are filled with conference sessions. Every night is filled with either Disneyland park or California Adventure.
The trip here was great, all quiet with no delays or other travel annoyances.
Saturday was hot, somewhere in the 90s which made standing in some [...]

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Our little daughter’s latest writing… Why Dogs Have Wet Noses!
A long time ago a puppy named Buddy was walking down the road. All of a sudden he saw Mean Rat in his old car with that mean smile on his face.
Buddy dove into the nearest bush to hide, but it was too late. Mean Rat [...]

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A young writer approached with a challenge… a writing challenge. Each author blessed with minutes to create poetry. One charged with placing words on lines to mask ownership. The judge lurked in the writing of the little lady. Lurk in our little writing journey and express yourself. The little lady sharing her light with [...]

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Yet another year for a great book sale. I posted on last year’s sale also. More special finds and an enjoyable morning. Highlight of the day came from the little lady.
“This is one of my favorite days of the year.”
Last night we prepared her book list so she could check off her needs as she [...]

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Honoring the event I am attending today, I thought I’d share my user experience using TriMet, Portland’s public transportation entity, for travel from home to the Oregon Convention Center.
In short, the bus and MAX train ride were technically flawless. Even the preparations went smooth. Last night I used TriMet’s website to verify my travel plans. [...]

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Your turn to contribute to this space. Let us know where you are, if not who you are, by adding yourself to our Frappr! Visitor Map. If you go on a trip add an image from the location as your postcard to us.
Who are we
But what we are to others
Who are we
But what we give
Who [...]

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The Gazillion Jumbo Bubble Machine truly does work. I’m not sure what their bubble recipe is but it makes some nice bubbles as we discovered this weekend. Here are some quick shots that don’t really show how well the machine worked but are cute bubble shots. The machine does do as advertised — lots of [...]

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Hopefully the author of the following poem won’t mind me sharing it with you. You can also enjoy this poem and other works in the newsletter of the San Gabriel Writer’s League.
After a run-in with …
Carol Menchu
I look at us
walking around
in our individual wrappings
looking out on the world
with our individual psyches
making mountains
out of mole hills
and [...]

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I’m on my return from Las Vegas to home and stranded at the Phoenix airport overnight. It is now 12:30am and I’ve got a little corner of the airport to myself. I found a little two chair seat hidden between some stairs and elevators near the “rescue area.” It will be my place for the [...]

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