Entry #42: I’m Mailing Letters to Addresses in a Ghost Town

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Forty-second blog post… is this where I answer the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything? Probably not, but I’ll still continue my streak of posting on my region’s haunted histories.

So… ghost towns! Didn’t my last post just beg for more discussion of ghost towns? I only covered a derelict railway stop that was connected to a historic tragedy and yet completely forgotten; there’s more where that came from!

As mentioned, I’m really proud of my ghost town article. But it had troubled production like you wouldn’t believe, as it required me to write on obscure history without library access. For most of my research time, I drove myself half-crazy trying to find literally anything on the town of Goshen by the Nooksack River –ultimately learning from a 1915 Polk Directory that it was settled in 1885. After days of fruitless searches, I actually shouted “YES” on finding…

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Spring at the Farm

Hovander homestead is a local farm-turned-museum from one of the first settler families to the area. One side of the homestead abuts a wide river with plenty of access and a shore of soft silt. We played here as kids for so many summer days! The park was recently redone with miles of new hiking […]

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Kids n Dogs: Red Wagon

For some reason WordPress is being extremely slow and dropping my uploads but I wanted to get a little post before leaving to work. The niece and the pup have taken to playing with each other like Calvin and Hobbes. The niece loves toting pup around the backyard in her red wagon telling stories, and […]

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Been Awhile…

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted. A looooong while. Unfortunately, I haven’t been on too many adventures. The good thing is I have been taking dog pictures!

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Aslan the Great

When Molly is in full winter fluff she looks like a little lion. Splashing brings her such pure joy, and with the rain it’s been a very bad year for trips to the beach. Every moment there is enjoyed to the max!

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Winter at the Bay

It’s been a long, cold, grey winter so far and both animals and humans alike have been itching to get outside. We took a break in the rain as opportunity for playtime down at the bay. The dogs don’t seem to care how cold the water is, and unfortunately the niece doesn’t either, so playtime […]

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Tug Loaf

Have I mentioned Molly likes to swim? Have I also mentioned the weather was near freezing with windchill? Molly doesn’t care!

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