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Early Friday morning fire guts antique mallCHICO -- Countless treasures were lost early Friday morning in a fire that raced through a large part of the Eighth and Main Antique Center downtown.


If It Quacks Like a Duck Feed it Cheerios

July 4, 2009, 7:24 am | The Graveyard Shift

I?m writing this blog from a lakeside RV campground in North Carolina, near where I snapped the above photograph. The campground is our short-term home until we find and purchase a new house. Unfortunately, I anticipate living here for a few more weeks, but things could be much worse. This is a peaceful place. A sunrise on the glassy surface of the lake is gorgeous, and mesmerizing. I?ve become attached to a family of mallards that stop by to visit and share my breakfast each morning. They see