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I made some stencils for jack-o-lanterns that anyone who likes can download and use:

http://americymru.ning.com/profiles/blogs/free-printable-welsh-pumpkin

There's easy, medium and hard level of difficult versions and another entry has a VERY easy stencil of Castell Coch in Wales, also, for an easy castle on your pumpkin.

The Left Coast Eisteddfod is a Welsh-American Performing Arts festival in Portland, Oregon in August 2009. An Eisteddfod is a Welsh performing arts festival and competition, held in Wales since the 12th century and today all over the world. As Saint Patrick's Day is Irish, the Highland Games are Scottish - the Eisteddfod and its competitive performance of song and story are Welsh.

This year's event will include:

Friday night rock concert, 21 August 2009, with Portland bands Jesu

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This year, my mother and I went in together on buying a share in a Community Supported Agriculture farm.

You buy a portion of the harvest and either go pick up your fruits and veggies or they're delivered to you or somewhere on a (usually) weekly schedule. You ensure your family good, wholesome produce, help a local farm be successful and contribute to the local economy. By choosing organic, you help protect our soil and the future of our food supply.

We chose

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I found this very interesting resource from USA Today online, a search that lets you look up schools and find out what they rank on the toxicity of their air, what's in it and where it comes from - I have children at Mary Reike Elementary in SW and my oldest still at Laurelhurst in NE and, frankly, ew!

To check your neighborhood, plug in the name of the closest school to you:

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We spent all day, Saturday, a the Highland Games at Mount Hood Community College. There weren't so many people there in the morning but by early afternoon, it was packed. There were, of course, lots of fantastically gorgeous men in kilts, not too bad beer at the beer tent, great music and good meat pies although bland bangers and outrageously overpriced. One of the best things about this event is the people watching: all kinds of kilts from classic clan tartans to leather, druid-y people pacing… Continue