{"id":101781,"date":"2012-12-27T19:28:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T00:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101781\/goodbye-books-the-cascades\/"},"modified":"2012-12-27T19:28:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T00:28:54","slug":"goodbye-books-the-cascades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101781\/goodbye-books-the-cascades\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye books & the Cascades"},"content":{"rendered":"
Boxing Day is not a holiday we celebrate in the USA, but on this December 26th<\/sup>, I packed up two full duffel bags worth of books and donated them at a local book depository.
\nI noticed later that it was on behalf of a children\u2019s reading program; I
\ndon\u2019t think the kiddies will get too much out of Karl Marx or Emile Durkheim. <\/font><\/div>\n

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That said, it was good to continue to pare down the library.
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I\u2019m starting to do some things here for \u201cthe last time.\u201d\u00a0 For example, 4 of the last 5
\nwinters I\u2019ve been here in Washington State, I have traveled up to the Upper
\nSkagit River Valley to view the bald eagle migration.\u00a0 Although I didn\u2019t see as many this year as in years past (six of em; I counted), their majestic presence was no less impressive.<\/font><\/div>\n

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To think, six months from now, I may be making videos about elephants instead of eagles.\u00a0 In fact, I had my formal telephone interview with the head recruiter at ATI and I think it went very well.\u00a0 He informed me they had 20 applicants for 5 remaining spots in the program; I suspect that might have just been a sales line used to ensure my enthusiasm, but it may also be true.\u00a0 I\u2019m waiting to hear on my application\u2019s final status. <\/font><\/div>\n

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I recently upgraded my video editing software, and I\u2019m still
\nlearning about it\u2019s capabilities and interface.
\nSo, there are a couple glitches in this video of my Boxing Day
\nadventures.\u00a0\u00a0 Enjoy! <\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n

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