Tag: Pharaoh
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A New Soccer Mom?
They wouldn’t be effective goalkeepers, but they knew to stay in their place and not wander outside the box. The goal box. We have soccer goals set up in our backyard, and much to my surprise, two young fauns wandered into our yard, standing in the goal, and eating whatever the kids had left behind…
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Wilderness Wonder
In southeastern Utah, an area of unique beauty features an extraordinary red-rock desert landscape that looks like a movie set. With its close proximity to Arches National Park, Moab is an adventurer’s dream. It was the perfect playground for Beck and his family. Our Colorado kin value the diversity of environments that surround them, so…
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It’s Not What You Think
The speedometer registered 20 miles per hour. I rarely drive that slowly, but that’s what was funny about this. I wasn’t driving at all. The car was stopped. I knew something was wrong. I had driven to do some errands and was more than a little surprised that cars were whipping past me as if…
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We Are Family
My two sisters came for a visit, leaving the desert of Tucson for the humid greenery of Orlando. I hadn’t seen them for over seven months, so our reunion was fun–and funny. My little sister had visited a year ago, and I took her to the Orlando Wetlands, 1650 acres of a man-made center for…
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Was That A Good Idea?
In the constant pursuit of interesting and fun things to do with family, on Christmas Eve we played “Blindfolded Cookie Decorating”. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Everyone has a partner, one of whom is blindfolded. There is a cutout sugar cookie in front of the one who can’t see, with a plethora of colored…
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