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Home Place-What's in a name?

I honestly never saw this coming. While I often publicly have fun at my own expense, it’s typically of my own choosing. And this was not my choice, by any means.

Home Place-Seattle woman charts low-carb course to fame

I don’t know about you, but when a blogger wears a strip of bacon on her shirt — clarification: a picture of bacon — I’m going to be interested. When deliciously low-carb recipes follow, I’m bound to be infatuated.

Home Place-Graduation gratifies, but unconventional future looms

Before you read this column, chant this line: “This is not about me. This is not about me.”

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Home Place-DeSales grads become life-lengthening friends

You know how going to your spouse’s class reunion can be a labor of love? You’re there, hanging out with people you may only see at reunions, smiling at insider jokes you don’t understand and watching your other half dance with others a little maniacally as they project their inner high schooler.

Home Place-Building schmuilding, what counts is inside

Camo Man and I are exhausted. As I write this, we are fresh from school conferences at McLoughlin High School.

Home Place-Fighting cat addiction by tooth and claw

It doesn’t take much to light the flame under my secret addiction. Not Facebook, since that’s no secret.

Home Place-A day when hearts are uncamouflaged

Dear Camo Man, Happy first married Valentine’s Day, Honey. Not that we need excuses for romance ... our days are filled with it.

Home Place-Miss Kate: The ray amongst the rage

I spend a quite a bit of time parenting my daughter in a repressed rage.

Home Place-No country for unwanted pets

There’s being lucky and then there’s being Lucky.

Home Place-Out of home; forever in mind

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone with the familiar face absent from the holiday table. This seems as good a time as any to finish a column I have been writing in my heart for months now.

Home Place-Sheet merchant answers a dream

I recently wrote -- whined -- about no longer being able to find the kind of sheets I want. Those crisp sheets woven so tightly your sleeping body barely leaves a dent. No soft stuff, ridiculous thread counts or "special" finish. Just sheets that feel baked in the sun on flat rocks somewhere very hot.

Home Place-A build-it-themselves Walla Walla wedding bash

Our Valley has definitely become a destination for wine and fruit enthusiasts. Bicyclists, photographers and musicians also seek out what this community offers.

Home Place-Shoppers to sheet makers: Wake up!

There is a silent crisis in America begging to be addressed.

Home Place-Daphne and me: A meeting of minds

It’s morning. So early that the night remains steadfast in the sky, not ready to relinquish its reign.

Home Place-His and mine, theirs ... and ours

“One big, happy family.”

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