Deborah Halverson

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The Limit

August 31, 2010

My good friend, Postal Worker Jane, just doorbell-ditched me. She does that, stopping her truck in front of my house to deliver my mail to my doorstep instead of making me hike all the way across the street to my mailbox. She started that practice when my boys were babies, and she’s still doing it […]

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing

Swimming with the (BIG!) Fishies

August 20, 2010

Surfing is far more hazardous than I suspected. During Lesson #1, my friends and I shuffle-shuffle-shuffled our feet to ward off the lurking stingrays that stung a man near us just after we finished our lesson… and that stung 60 beachgoers at that spot the next day. During Lesson #2, this past Sunday, we swam […]

Filed Under: Especially for Teen Readers

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