Bridge is up for the barge to go under

Bridge is up for the barge to go under
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Barge coming under the Johnson St. bridge
The Seaspan Protection is bringing in a big, empty barge under the Johnson Street bridge.

Bridge is up for the barge to go under
Here the bridge is up so that the barge can go under.

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Be careful who you throw the lifeline to. You could end up with a tiger in your boat. Like really. Richard Parker. You know, Yann Martel, I should have just stopped reading your book at the beginning when it was slow and rather boring and totally believable. But I read too far. So that when [...]

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Searching out artists who have used the blue bridge (that would be the historic Johnson Street Bridge in Victoria, BC Canada) as the subject of their creations, including food and drink (who would argue that  Spinnaker’s Blue Bridge IPA is not an artistic creation??)as well as other media. If you know of other sites, please [...]

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Scrooge-like, I ponder “the gift.” At any other time of year, I might have written about the gift of life – or love or friendship. The gift of sight or smell or touch. The gift of joy.
But now, as I walk the streets, I see people shopping frantically. Trying to buy something that isn’t totally [...]

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Included in the new book “Re-Write Your Life” by June Swadron http://www.juneswadron.com
So you finally made it, little bald baby. Saturday night. 11:00. You tried once before, changed your mind, then three days later decided to brave it. You should have come through the first try and you could have been twins with your double cousin [...]

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The Gift
I look up from where I sit under the maple tree and close my eyes to the glint of sunshine that temporarily blinds me. I haven’t seen or felt the sun for a few days now, and I welcome it back. The soggy days of November – the sky so close to the earth [...]

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I love Twitter. The creative people who use it to tempt us away from our very important work to read insights and interpretations from their view of the world. I read some of this stuff and think – WOW – how beautifully written. How truthful. Some of it stabs deep into my heart. Some of [...]

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When I was younger, if I did hard, physical work for a few days, I became stronger. Now, I seem to just get tired. I’ve had two weeks (well, really just eight days – 4 days/week) to build up those muscles and gain stamina. The muscles are sore – does that mean they’re getting stronger? [...]

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Loan as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur in the developing world – you can read about each person and their business idea. Communicate with them. Track their repayments.
You choose who to lend to – whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, [...]

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