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American Alley

I went to Petaluma to visit Kentucky Street, which holds Copperfield’s Books, Cafe Zazzle, and a couple of antique shops. I was looking for an end table I had seen the previous weekend, which, as it turned out, was in … Continue reading

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Apple Days

My hometown is in the heart of Gravenstein apple country.  Gravensteins are, hands down, the best baking apple.  They enjoyed a long golden age of popularity until the Granny Smith apple, which traveled better, replaced them.  Many of the local … Continue reading

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Anacortes

There is an artist in Anacortes who paints figures on wood and mounts them on the walls of downtown buildings.  Many small towns do this; it’s a whimsical archive of the town’s history.  The Anacortes artist copies many of the … Continue reading

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