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Life’s dance, one step at a time
Our new Ashland home is taking shape. The kitchen cabinets went from boxes to walls quickly. The countertops will take at least two weeks. Meanwhile, the dining room serves as a flooring storage area and makeshift kitchen. It has been microwave gourmet, but Sue remembered today that a camping stove arrived with our stuff from…
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Bring a blanket, grab a seat; It’s the Green Show
The arts enrich Ashland in so many ways and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival plays a huge part. Eleven plays, including three from Shakespeare, are part of a 10-month program from February through November. Last year, about 110,000 people bought nearly 410,000 tickets for shows at the three theaters. The festival was a nearly $90 million…
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Victoria shines as Canada’s western showcase
The garden city of Victoria, British Columbia, is 152 years old and remains a lively oceanfront provincial capital. It was named after the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch. We visited last weekend to see my (Reg's) brother Roy and his family.
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Ashland flights
No, we're not flying off on another adventure, but we did discover a great deal on flights in Ashland. Flights of beer that is. A recent visit from our friends Doug and Kathy prompted an afternoon trip to Ashland's own Standing Stone Brewing Company. Doug wanted to taste some local brew and this was a…
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Ashland Stars and Stripes
To enjoy an all-American slice of life, what could be better than a good old fashioned parade? Well…maybe apple pie, but I'm sure Ashland offered a slice of that today too. The annual July 4th celebration kicked off at 10:15 this morning with a parade marching down East Main Street and into the heart of…
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Home Sweet Home
Since we last visited Ashland, Oregon we have traveled thousands of miles…and now find ourselves back in the town we fell in love with just three short months ago. Has it really been just three months? The last leg of this journey ended this morning when we unpacked our…
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23 beds in 35 days
After sleeping in 23 beds in 35 days, we are ready to go home. There is just one problem: We sold our home and the bed with it. We will have to make do, for now, with a rented condo in Ashland, Oregon. It will be home for the next three months and we are…
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Glamping in Denmark
Saturday we left the city life behind to spend several days a short drive north of Copenhagen. Gitta had promised us a very different Danish experience at the home her family has summered in since 1935. We knew it was a special place because when she talked about it her eyes lit up and she…
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Copenhagen streets go wild: It’s Distortion 2014
We walked out the front door Thursday night into the biggest street party of the year in Copenhagen. Along with hosts James and Gitta, we waded through massive crowds, part of the five-day Distortion 2014 covering many blocks. Dozens of stages offering live and recorded music attracted tens of thousands of mostly young people in…
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