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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

River/Road Trip 2010: Toy Society Drop

Made and Dropped by: Auntie Nettie
Number of toys: 2 -- Roly Poly Panda and a Patriotic Bear
When: Monday, August 16, 2010 at around 10:30 a.m. MDT
Where: Reststop on 84W, near Boise, Idaho, USA

Auntie Nettie says:
Auntie Nettie, Grandmary, and Grumpa Max were on their way north to go rafting on the Salmon River. Outside Boise, Idaho we HAD to stop at one of the reststops on 84. While I was in "refreshing" and scouting for a sight to drop one toy, Grandmary stayed behind with the car. When I came out, Grandmary mentioned that she had seen a tired and harried mom rush two adorable girls out of a car, while also dealing with an infant. She remembered being in a similar situation with three little kids in a hot car on a long car trip, so told me to leave the two toys on their car, in the hopes that it would cheer up the family after a long trip.

We left the toys on the windshield, hoping that it didn't freak out the mom and that other travellers would leave them undisturbed. The toys did garner some second glances. We didn't stay around to see what the reception was. All we could hope was that they brought a smile to the faces of the girls and gave the mommy a break.

Stay tuned to
The Toy Society to see if they were found.

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