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Lou Nell Gerard
August 12, 2015
St. Paul Pass Tunnel a.k.a. Taft Tunnel on the Montana/Idaho Border It is summer, the sun is shining and at mid-morning the temperature hovers mid to high 70s. By afternoon at trail’s end it will be in the 80s. We…
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Lou Nell Gerard
August 11, 2015
I love the community that can be found far from home at the old style motel. I’m speaking of a true motor hotel where you drive up to the door of your room which may be a cabin attached or…
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Lou Nell Gerard
July 25, 2015
I have a new friend In the morning I walk south She walks north In the afternoon She walks south I walk north Lone pedestrians On the trail It started with a nod Then A nod and a smile A…
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Lou Nell Gerard
July 12, 2015
“Big is Back!”? This emblazoned above an enormous image of, you guessed it a hamb…excuse me…sirloin burger. Now a third of a pound, no less. But I look around and I still see obesity in America everywhere I go. It…
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Lou Nell Gerard
July 10, 2015
A group of them Walking side by side But each alone Lost in their own world Unable it seems to simply Be in this beautiful place Eyes glued not to the palm trees Not to the Pacific Ocean waves Not…
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Lou Nell Gerard
June 27, 2015
A yard in mourning The larches have donned their summer green Beneath, the soil peers sadly through weeds The grass, outgrown its short pants Waves dryly in the breeze Invades the flowerless beds Two short tracks where mowing began Interrupted…
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Lou Nell Gerard
March 27, 2015
How many visitors and relocated folk have I told “You can always tell a non-native on a rainy day: they are the ones carrying an umbrella.”? Countless times. I was born and grew up in Port Angeles, Washington. For those…
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Lou Nell Gerard
March 14, 2015
A steady rain fell on Chateau St. Michelle winery. Despite it being summer it was also the Pacific Northwest. A fine outdoor concert venue and the show was going to go on…that’s what we do here, were the rain to…
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Lou Nell Gerard
February 20, 2015
Running late for the 7:44 245 Pants on backwards Too late to change Juggling umbrella, gloves, earbuds, iPhone, Backpack An attempt to put the left hand glove On the right Miraculously don’t lose anything On the fast tromp down the…
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Lou Nell Gerard
February 8, 2015
Beware the list. Be it mental or written the list can become your own personal snatcher and jailor. It demands more and more of your time and attention, takes bites out of your joie de vivre and spits them out,…
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