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Adam Diegel (Mario Cavaradossi) in Tosca. © Elise Bakketun photo
Things so often disappoint in direct proportion to how highly anticipated they are. The Blarney Stone is a tourist trap; the Mannekin Pis is only a foot tall. That movie everyone raved about has a plot like Swiss cheese. Cheese from Switzerland – not really sweeter than cheese at home. But every now and then, a classic delivers everything promised. Like Tosca at Seattle Opera. Read More
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So much of family life is caught in this picture. A preschooler reaching for a cat; a cat standing on a laptop; cold medicine cluttering the counter. So much has changed in the years since my life was encapsulated this shot.
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The WordPress.com statistics helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,600 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
These are the posts that got the most views in 2014.
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Our home mountain is Stevens Pass. This year the snow has been slow in coming, but in 2008, we got so much snow we could actually ride at home. This is my husband boarding down the sidewalk on our street.
