On the Road Again…Briefly.

I’m under some real pressure from The Boss to hurry this up, as my husband made 1 p.m. our goal for getting everyone out the door and into the truck for a quick weekend away (George is driving the kids and me to the fall Jazzercise Instructor District Meeting at the other end of the [...]

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Kodiak Fishing Wife Comments on Sarah Palin

This is a comment I received regarding the matter of commercial fishing and Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice Presidential candidate. I’ve decided to publish this comment in a post because of the author’s credibility—an Alaska commercial fishing family member—as well as for the interesting and knowledgeable nature of its content. Thanks, Liz, for taking the time [...]

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Commercial Fishing Families and Sarah Palin

If it wasn’t for the fact that the Republican Vice Presidential candidate had ties to Alaska and commercial fishing, I’m certain I wouldn’t have touched on the issue of national politics on Highliners and Homecomings.
As tempted as I am to write about a variety of subjects on this blog, I do try and stick to the topic [...]

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Summer, Next Time You Should Come Sooner and Stay Longer.

On my way to teach Jazzercise this morning, I was surprised to see that leaves from the trees lining the Boulevard had already turned orange and fallen. I was dismayed to observe the thick bunches in which they’d gathered alongside of the road. I don’t get out much and haven’t driven around a lot lately, so I’m not sure [...]

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Thanks, Writer Mamas!

My weekend couldn’t be getting off to a better start.
I found out last night that my name was drawn over at The Writer Mama blog, making me the winner of Day Ten’s prize during the month-long daily giveaway!
When I went over to The Writer Mama blog to check out the comments for Day Eleven’s question, I couldn’t believe my [...]

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New Clarity and Even Tones…What Could be Better?

Estee Lauder is having their fall ”bonus gift with purchase” event right now. I pre-ordered the lotion I wanted and then went to the counter on the first official day of the event to retrieve my lotion, the bonus, an extra gift for pre-ordering, and one more gift after that for spending at least $55.
I’m not a big [...]

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Go Sarah!

To say that my household was excited about Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention the other night would be an understatement.
George and I were in the middle of preparing and feeding dinner to the kids when Palin’s speech began. After unsuccesfully straining to peer out of the dining room into the family room to watch it as [...]

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It is a Shock!

All of my regular readers know that although Highliners and Homecomings is a blog about commercial fishing and commercial fishing families, it isn’t a blog about politics, debate, controversy, or insult. Highliners and Homecomings doesn’t exist to debate this or that, call names, or otherwise make anyone (especially me!) feel bad.
I’ve thought for quite a while on [...]

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