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Elizabeth Blackwell, Pay Day Loans and LivingSocial

April 15, 2013by Val Sanford 1 Comment

  My personal inbox is overrun with offers to save me money, offers for me to spend money, pleas for contributions, the normal amount of SPAM.  Buried in the dozens […]

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Family, friendship, Genealogy, women

Not being home for the holidays.

December 20, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

I love Christmas.  Or so I think.  But when I come to Los Angeles to see my family and friends, it no longer feels like the holiday I love.  There’s […]

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Family, friendship, General

Julie and Julia

November 12, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Yesterday was Mike’s birthday.  He turned 51.  To celebrate, we drove to Portland, in the rain, checked into a hotel, ate BBQ pulled-pork sandwiches at the hotel for free, then […]

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age, friendship, General, hope, illness, personal, women

Active Stillness

September 6, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Carmel Market Originally uploaded by dorkodog I have recently reconnected with a long-time friend. For nearly 15 years, we had shared many of the same experiences through church, Middle School […]

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friendship, General, hope, personal, Volunteering

Summer Birthday Party

August 16, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Today we celebrated our 7th or 8th  annual Summer Birthday Party.  Usually we’re down at Mary’s house in Tacoma, but with me housebound and recovering the women moved the party […]

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friendship, women

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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