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‘Anchorage and Seattle: January 5-11, 2010’ Archive (sorted alphabetically)

  • Anchorage: 2010, Day 1

    Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

    Dick and I got an early start on our trek to the northern climes; Lynne brought Dick to our house just before 5:00am, and within moments, Brenda Miller (our ride to San Jose) pulled up. We all decided we wanted Starbucks, so off we went for steaming cups of java. Brenda, who was my assistant [...]

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  • Anchorage: 2010, Days 2-3

    Friday, January 8th, 2010

    Day 2It snowed gloriously—at least to a Californian—all morning, but since it stays dark until after 9:00am, Dick and I enjoyed a winter wonderland night-time atmosphere after breakfast. We both had sourdough pancakes (they weren’t very good, actually) and great coffee to jump-start the day.At 9:30am, Jim picked us up at the hotel, and while [...]

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  • Seattle: 2010, Day 4

    Saturday, January 9th, 2010

    By the time I got to the Seattle airport, rented a car, drove north of Seattle to Everett and got to bed, it was 11:00pm. Morning came early. I grabbed a bowl of Raisin Bran cereal (with some sliced banana) and a cup of coffee before I navigated my way to New Life Church, using [...]

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  • Seattle: 2010, Day 5

    Sunday, January 10th, 2010

    Another bowl of cereal with banana and a couple cups of coffee got me started on a fabulous day. I spent the morning doing email, calendar and other work-related tasks. Despite the fact that it is, indeed, work, I love having the chance to get caught up (somewhat) on things that otherwise keep piling up [...]

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  • Seattle: 2010, Day 6

    Monday, January 11th, 2010

    I awoke with a great sense of anticipation for the day’s events—speaking at Mill Creek Foursquare Church, lunch with Phil and Emily Manginelli and an afternoon/evening with Chris, Jen and the kids. But I was tired. My morning wasn’t quite long enough to do everything I hoped to do, so I already felt behind schedule [...]

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