tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80033237625350362742024-03-13T00:49:03.680-07:00Are We Walking to Alaska?A true story - good reading for the entire family!!JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-77573858748705279412019-03-23T21:17:00.000-07:002019-07-15T13:48:05.320-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It is spring - the Skunk Cabbage is in "bloom" - one of my favorite spring things.</div>
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Growing up in Alaska, where there are no skunks (you can even be fined for bringing one into Alaska), I did not know that the scent of the Skunk Cabbage was supposed to be offensive - and so I have always loved it when the first Skunk Cabbage come out in the swampy areas.<br />
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#JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-51208339601584126052018-11-28T21:19:00.000-08:002018-11-28T21:19:04.107-08:00Two Books for Christmas!!<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">So, you are looking for the perfect gift - a book for the sports fan in you life. Look no more - it is here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">My husband is an excellent writer, and his new book was published this summer and is available at</span><i style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: purple;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Not-Like-Rest-Us-Everything/dp/1986078353/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1543466907&sr=8-4&keywords=donald+bayne">Amazon </a> </span></span></i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Not-Like-Rest-Us-Everything/dp/1986078353/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1543466907&sr=8-4&keywords=donald+bayne" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: purple;">Click to order</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> - free two day shipping for Amazon Prime Members.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> You will enjoy the player ratings in this book, and also the lengthy details of the twenty best pitchers, twenty best regular players, 20 greatest games, as well as the twenty greatest baseball books of all time. If you are a baseball nut, this book is for you and the baseball fans in your life.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">This is advertised at the top of my blog page - it is my story of the early years of growing up in Southeast Alaska in the 50s, when my family moved there from California. It is also available on</span><b style="color: blue;"><i> </i></b><span style="color: purple;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Alaska-JoAnn-Dunlap-Bayne-ebook/dp/B006CBG6K4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543467339&sr=8-1&keywords=JoAnn+Dunlap+Bayne"><b><i>Amazon</i></b> </a> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">in paperback or kindle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">It is family friendly, a great story for anyone from kids to adults. Full of adventures and history of a time before Alaska became a state.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">We hope you and your family enjoy the books and have a wonderful holiday season, from Don and JoAnn Bayne</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"> A cup of tea and a cookie go well with cupcake decorating in the spring. Maybe we should pipe some flowers on that cookie too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">And </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">time to think of gifts for the holidays -</span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> "Are We </span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">W</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">alking to Alaska?"</span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">would appeal to aunts, uncles, cousins, youngsters, moms, dads, grandparents. Grandparents especially might love the book because they will remember many of the things mentioned as being from their childhoods. And there is lots of Alaska history from that time period too, before Alaska was a state.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">Autographed book plus shipping is 11.00 (gift wrap free)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> Is someone on your list hard to buy for?</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> I have the perfect gift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Great Aunt Tildy - Book from Amazon.com - </span><b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Are We Walking To Alaska?</span></a></u></i></b><span style="color: blue;"> she loves true stories of children from Alaska, as she was a child there a long time ago. And this is a true story. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">- from Amazon.com - they will love the adventures in this true story - bears, whales, deer, and a squirrel that comes indoors to play </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Dad -</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span>
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<b><i><u><span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"></a></span></u></i></b> </span><span style="color: blue;"> - from Amazon.com - </span>
<span style="color: blue;"> he fished in Alaska as a young man and will enjoy the fishing stories </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> - Uncle Stubbs can tell a story like no on else - and he'll get a big kick out of the stories in this book </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> - plus a bit of money put in as a bookmark - they both do such a great job all year and now they can relax and go on a true story adventure in the wilds of Alaska in the 1950s </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> - she's brave and would love to have an adventure in the wilderness, and things that happened in the book will intrigue her. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue;">- reminders of their time growing up in Alaska - they will pass this book on to their children </span></span></div>
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<b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Are We Walking To Alaska?</span></a></u></i></b> <span style="color: blue;">- a school teacher for years in Alaska - this true story will remind her of all the wonderful children she has taught. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">One stop shopping - and if you have Amazon Prime you can have the print books shipped right to each person - or if you order Kindle it will be delivered to their Kindle for instant reading.</span><br />
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JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-57865946746915806352014-11-29T07:57:00.002-08:002014-11-29T07:57:13.619-08:00Christmas Shopping Time<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Time for thinking of Christmas gifts - so I thought I would give you a few hints as to lovely things you might buy for those friends, neighbors and loved ones on your list. </span><span style="color: #990000;"> Someone hard to buy for?</span><span style="color: blue;"> I have the perfect gift.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Great Aunt Tildy - Book from Amazon.com - </span><b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Are We Walking To Alaska?</span></a></u></i></b><span style="color: blue;"> she loves true stories of children from Alaska, as she was a child there a long time ago. And this is a true story. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">- from Amazon.com - they will love the adventures in this true story - bears, whales, deer, and a squirrel that comes indoors to play </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Dad - </span>
<b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Are We Walking To Alaska?</span></a></u></i></b>
<b><i><u><span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"></a></span></u></i></b> <span style="color: blue;"> - from Amazon.com - </span>
<span style="color: blue;"> he fished in Alaska as a young man and will enjoy the fishing stories </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> - Uncle Stubbs can tell a story like no on else - and he'll get a big kick out of the stories in this book </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Paper Girl - Lawn Mowing Boy - </span>
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<span style="color: blue;"> - plus a bit of money put in as a bookmark - they both do such a great job all year and now they can relax and go on a true story adventure in the wilds of Alaska in the 1950s </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Cousin Sally - </span>
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<span style="color: blue;"> - she's brave and would love to have an adventure in the wilderness, and things that happened in the book will intrigue her. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> - reminders of their time growing up in Alaska - they will pass this book on to their children </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Next Door Neighbor, Mrs. Benson - </span>
<b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Are We Walking To Alaska?</span></a></u></i></b> <span style="color: blue;"> - Sweet neighbor is by herself, she'll enjoy the company of a young girl in Alaska, learning all about the new and different way of life. </span></span><br />
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Our family hauled water and ice for washing, cooking and drinking.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">I look forward to seeing you there.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<br />JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-27811663242453701362014-07-07T14:47:00.000-07:002014-07-07T14:47:51.973-07:00Grandmother and Granddaughter<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love it when I meet wonderful people that read my book. I met Susan a few years ago at a great indoor/outdoor yard sale that they have each summer, one weekend a month. We enjoy the fun of the yard sale and getting to know Susan and her husband better each time we visit. She bought my book, <em>Are We Walking To Alaska?</em> and shared it with her granddaughter </span></span><a href="http://walkingtoalaska.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-young-fan.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">Madisun</span></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">, who was featured on this blog last year.</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since that time Madisun has moved to Washington with her mother and lives next door to her grandparents - so this was a perfect chance to get a photo of both of them with my book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Susan and Madisun - thank you for reading my book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">If you'd like your own copy - kindle or print - click on the header. Thanks to all those who have read and will read my book. I love to get to know my readers - so please leave a comment so I know you've been here. And photos are always welcome, you too could be featured on my blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">If you want to visit Susan's giant yard sale with fantastic prices - it is just past milepost 76 on Hiway 20, heading towards Concrete, WA. There are big yellow signs out on the weekends that they are open - enjoy.</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">And be sure to click the header for your own copy to enjoy. Everyone from pre-readers to grandparents will enjoy the adventures my family and I had in Alaska.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<br />JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-49937372842726519622014-03-16T06:00:00.000-07:002014-03-16T06:00:01.702-07:00Longing For Summer<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A tire swing, a glass of lemonade and a good book - ahhh summer - it is on its way - do you have your reading list ready?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">This little bird just stopped by to say - Spring is on its way - get your <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/" target="_blank">Good Reads</a> list ready for the summer - don't forget to add "Are We Walking To Alaska?" - great for the whole family.</span></span></div>
JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-91787483767576701862014-03-10T17:06:00.003-07:002014-03-10T17:06:31.299-07:00Blue Monday - Great Blue Heron<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">This looks like fun - and to start off I'm going to choose something from page 56 of my own book, Are We Walking To Alaska?" - a true story of our family moving to Alaska from California in the 1950s before Alaska became a state.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Jimmy and Jeff played on the beach nearby, under the dock. They were running back and forth and having a great time building roads on the beach, and I turned a bit to watch them, and my backing up with the bike was not as good as I had thought, for all of a sudden I felt one back wheel going off the dock, and then I was falling onto a pile of big boulders, head first.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Jimmy came clambering up the rocks to where I was. My head hurt and I was crying and Jeff was standing on the beach crying really loudly. Jimmy helped me to crawl back off the rocks and he helped me up the stairs. I was a little dizzy and Jimmy made sure that I didn't fall down the stairs. He told me lie down on my bed. Then he walked up the bay to find our mom and dad, who were getting crabs for dinner, and Jeff stayed with me and kept worrying that I would bleed to death before they all got back, and kept telling me so, over and over.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">He sat on the floor by my bed and cried and cried. I wanted to help him not to cry, but if I moved my head it hurt worse and I felt sick, so I just lay there, wishing Jimmy would find our mom and dad soon and bring them back so they could help Jeff stop crying.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">I finally slept for a little while, but Jeff kept waking me up to ask if I was dead yet, and then he would start crying all over again. After what seemed like a very long time, our mom and dad came running. My head was split about three inches and matted with hair and blood. There are no doctors nearby and we were a very long ways from town.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">For emergencies our dad had a two-way radio. Our dad called for the doctor in Sitka, the nearest town. It took a while to find the doctor because he was visiting a sick person in their house and they had no telephone. When they finally found the doctor he rushed to the house with the two-way radio and talked to our dad.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">By now I was sitting up in a chair so our mom could see the wound on the back of my head, and as the doctor gave instructions on the two-way radio our mom did what he told her to do. He told her how to clean the wound, how to cut the hair off, and how to use a mixture of alcohol and vinegar to numb and sanitize, the area and how to stitch it all up with sewing thread and a needle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">She first cut off the matted hair on the back of my head as closely as she could with scissors, and cleaned it with the solution of alcohol and vinegar that the doctor told her to use. Well it may have sanitized it, but it surely didn't deaden it. But, once again, as we weren't allowed crying and must always be brave, I managed to keep the family tradition and didn't cry until late that night in my bed, when my poor little head felt like it would explode.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Next she used our dad's razor and shaved the spot on my head where it was bleeding. Then she took a sewing needle and thread and dipped them both in the alcohol and vinegar to clean them. She took the needle and thread and stitched up the wound - each time she poked my head it felt like the needle was going right through my head - but still I didn't cry.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">On these cold, snowy winter days I sometimes need a reminder of summer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> The horses still have their shaggy winter coats - looking shaggy and warm.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></span></div>
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JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-47134890918006352682014-01-13T10:39:00.000-08:002014-02-20T21:29:01.818-08:00A Reader From England<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">I love it when a reader enjoys my book - and especially when they post about reading it. Joy lives in England and we've become "blog budd</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">ies" - it is always fun to make a new friend, near or far</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">I read</span> <a href="http://joyknitt.blogspot.com/2014/01/13365-blogger-friend-and-book-review.html" target="_blank">Joy's wonderful blog</a> <span style="color: white;">most every day - because she posts most every day. What dedication. Today was a special surprise for me - she featured my book, which she got from Amazon, and she is enjoying reading it.</span><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Joy shows us scenes fr</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">om her walks, does 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles, cooks, knits, gardens and gives us things to think about. She talks of everyday things and makes them extraordinary - that's the kind of blog I e</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">njoy. Do stop by her blog.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"> Here is a picture of all the cousins with our grandparents, before our family left for Alaska and experienced all the adventures in my book. I am on the far left, in front of our grandmother. My two brothers are on the far right, one in front of the other.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Thank you Joy - for enjoying my book - and for featuring it on your blog. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Read On!!!</span></span>JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-88735853065456531112013-11-29T16:14:00.000-08:002013-11-29T16:18:17.840-08:00Let's Go Shopping - Without Ever Leaving Home<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Time for thinking of Christmas gifts - so I thought I would give you a few hints as to lovely things you might buy for those friends, neighbors and loved ones on your list. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> Someone hard to buy for?</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> I have the perfect gift.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Great Aunt Tildy - Book from Amazon.com - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Are We Walking To Alaska?</span></a></u></i></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> she loves true stories of children from Alaska, as she was a child there a long time ago. And this is a true story. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">- from Amazon.com - they will love the adventures in this true story - bears, whales, deer, and a squirrel that comes indoors to play </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Dad - </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> he fished in Alaska as a young man and will enjoy the fishing stories </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Uncle Stubbs - </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> - Uncle Stubbs can tell a story like no on else - and he'll get a big kick out of the stories in this book </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Paper Girl - Lawn Mowing Boy - </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> - plus a bit of money put in as a bookmark - they both do such a great job all year and now they can relax and go on a true story adventure in the wilds of Alaska in the 1950s </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> - she's brave and would love to have an adventure in the wilderness, and things that happened in the book will intrigue her. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> - reminders of their time growing up in Alaska - they will pass this book on to their children </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-adventure/dp/1460951379/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1385609894&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Are We Walking To Alaska?</span></a></u></i></b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> - Sweet neighbor is by herself, she'll enjoy the company of a young girl in Alaska, learning all about the new and different way of life. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">This is a post that I'm very proud of - my book, <i>Are We Walking to Alaska?</i>, has been featured on</span></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><a href="http://cabingoddess.com/2013/10/walking-alaska-special-fourthwallfriday/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">Fourth Wall Friday</span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> - at Cabin Goddess, a wonderful site that features authors and their books. My book is a bit different than the ones regularly featured on the site. Kriss did a fabulous job in the feature story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">That is me in the white blouse, on the left in the photo. This picture was taken on my mom's birthday. My little brother has a cast on his arm and a black eye - the story is in the book (no, I did not beat him up)</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">You can purchase my book from a link on Kriss's page - or by clicking the the tab just under my header above, or from Amazon.com, just by searching the name of the book,</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Walking-Alaska-ebook/dp/B006CBG6K4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381513298&sr=8-1&keywords=are+we+walking+to+alaska" target="_blank">"Are We Walking To Alaska?"</a></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">, in print or kindle.</span></span><br />
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JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-51540720660352772982013-08-01T12:10:00.000-07:002013-08-06T12:36:54.383-07:00Another Fan<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">You met Julee last post - she is the one that is buying books and giving them to her friends. One of her friends lives not too far from us and on Tuesday I had the privilege of meeting Marilyn. She lives on a 200 acre farm in the Skagit Valley - just south of us. Beautiful views of Mt. Baker (it was a fuzzy day so I didn't get a clear shot of the mountain, but you can bet I will soon).</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Julee and I drove out to Marilyn's farm around 1 - and when the day was done we had spent almost 4 hours together - time flies when you're having fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Her gardens were amazing - she sent us home with bags of fresh vegetables - and flowers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">And Marilyn with my book - she says she enjoyed it so much that she is re-reading it. Now that's a fan - thank you Marilyn!</span></span></div>
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<br />JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003323762535036274.post-55351557086018403242013-07-23T12:06:00.000-07:002013-07-25T10:49:20.033-07:00Fans Of All Ages<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">I'm finding that my fans come in a big range of ages. So far </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://walkingtoalaska.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-young-fan.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Madisun</span></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> is my youngest fan. I have readers, men and women, young and older., who are fans of the book</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Julee is one of my biggest fans - she certainly has spread the word about my book.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Besides being a fan of my book - Julee is a good friend. We went through part of our grade school years together. Her family moved to Sitka when we were both in 5th grade, the time just after my book ends. She was there for 5th, 6th and part of the 7th grade. We lived just down the street from each other, and we went to Girl Scout meetings together.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Then her father was transferred by the Coast Guard to California and then later back to Ketchikan, Alaska, where Julee graduated from high school. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">We had no contact once Julee left Sitka in the 7th grade - and then Facebook happened. A couple of years ago Julee recognized my name in posts with other classmates from Sitka, and she contacted me, asking if my mother had been the Girl Scout leader. Sure enough, and Julee was now living about 35 miles south of us - in Sedro Woolley, WA. We chatted on Facebook and decided it was time to meet up again - so we set a time - lunch at the mall in Bellingham, because she came up here for a doctor's appointment and she at least knew how to get to the mall.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">We went to Ivar's Seafood for lunch - if you are from the Pacific Northwest you KNOW Ivar's - best clam chowder in the world. We talked - and talked - our lunches long over, and we realized that we had been talking for four hours - time flies when you're having fun.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Our friendship has grown since then, we often go out to breakfast with Julee and Tony - or to thrift shops and then lunch, and Julee and I get together just about every Wednesday to do crafts together. She is a very talented artist and almost always she is sketching something wonderful when we get together. You can see her work at </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/juleeandersen" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> in her Etsy shop.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Not only did Julee enjoy reading my book - but she has bought 8 or 10 copies of the book to give to friends and families - she's a super fan!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Thank you Julee, for friendship and for promoting my book. Everyone needs a fan like this!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Click here or </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Are%20we%20walking%20to%20alaska" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">BUY THE BOOK</span></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> at the top of the page to order your copy - print or kindle - from Amazon.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Thank you!</span></span></div>
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