Chip Shot 18

Have any of you received your invitation to Chelsea’s wedding? Ours must still be in the mail.
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This just in! I don’t know which tickles me more … that this psychic has been “communicating, for many moons now, with the late King of Pop” … or that the local blat considered it to be headline news.

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In Montana, my favorite billboard advertised an Italian restaurant named Spaghetti Western. And my favorite town name was Pray. What a story must be behind a name like that, right? A woman crying for mercy who simply couldn’t walk in high button boots any further west? An innocent man about to be hanged from the only tree for miles around? No. Turns out there was a guy whose last name was Pray. Sometimes, the truth can really ruin a good story.
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One of my books has a character who is raising Paso Fino horses. I wanted to do more than internet research and actually go touch a few noses. The owner of Dancing Horses ranch gave my friend Lee and me a wonderful chance to ask all the questions we had. The horses are an American treasure, from the same Conquistador stock that eventually led to the mustang as well. Appropriate that this handsome lad is named Tesoro.

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My weekend will be spent avoiding the traffic for the Sequim Lavendar Festival. How about yours?

9 Responses to “Chip Shot 18” »»

  1. Comment by Pete | 07/16/10 at 8:42 am

    For some reason I thought you lived around Coos Bay.

  2. Comment by Back Nine | 07/16/10 at 9:34 am

    Nope. JB’s family is in that area … that’s the more cultured side of my neice’s family.

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    Comment by Pat | 07/16/10 at 9:54 am

    Gonna spend the weekend decorating the upstairs bathroom. Oh joy!!!

  4. Comment by Steve Wasilewski | 07/16/10 at 2:47 pm

    On the other coast, there are descendants of horses who were brought here 300 years ago. A sturdy Assateaque pony has shorter legs and withstands the harsh weather of East coast barrier islands. Quite a group of wild horses.

  5. Comment by Mary | 07/16/10 at 9:29 pm

    My weekend will be spent hanging around with my out-of-school crew who just today announced I needed to put some effort into finding a job with Fridays off. I promised to look into that, sigh . . . We made cookies tonight, I’m hoping to goof off some tomorrow (maybe play in the water or bike ride?) but there seems to be some yard work that shouldn’t be ignored. I’ll bet the festival traffic gets crazy! I’d be just tempted to hole up with a good book until the dust settled.

  6. Comment by Donna | 07/17/10 at 1:56 am

    Homework, homework, homework! Seems to be all I do anymore, and still feel like I’m not caught up….although I did play with the chirruns yesterday all day. Big fun!
    Camping next weekend, and just shoot me after that….

  7. Comment by Donna | 07/17/10 at 1:57 am

    Plus I love your town, lavender festival? I love it! I gotta get up that way one day….

  8. Comment by Melissa A | 07/17/10 at 10:23 am

    Last weekend before the conference. I’ll be working alllll weekend. Hopefully I can make up for the hours I’m taking off. You’ll be there?

  9. Comment by Back Nine | 07/17/10 at 10:56 am

    Melissa A: I’ll be there, along with Orysia. To all: That’s the Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference which is next weekend in Seattle.

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