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    Articles by Jim Freeman
    Ah, Spring: recalling friends, fighters and forsythia | ALL ABOARD
    Ah, Spring: recalling friends, fighters and forsythia |...
    By Jim Freeman • March 19, 2010 4:45 pm

    Last Thursday, at high noon at the Freeland Café, I had the pleasure of sharing a great brunch, a little…

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    ALL ABOARD | Apologies to Frost, Sandburg, Whitman and Bugs Bunny
    ALL ABOARD | Apologies to Frost, Sandburg, Whitman...
    By Jim Freeman • February 19, 2010 7:08 pm

    A couple of weeks ago, I experienced one of my greatest South Whidbey observations during my almost three decades on…

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    ALL ABOARD | As Richard III said: My kingdom for a Perry Como album
    ALL ABOARD | As Richard III said: My...
    By Jim Freeman • January 22, 2010 5:10 pm

    Ever since birth, at least as far as my own is concerned, life has been a series of left-hand turns…

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    ALL ABOARD | The top five things I learned in 2009 — Really!
    ALL ABOARD | The top five things I...
    By Jim Freeman • December 21, 2009 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | Smoking elephants, warmed-over lawyers and 9-irons
    ALL ABOARD | Smoking elephants, warmed-over lawyers and...
    By Jim Freeman • November 20, 2009 7:27 pm

    Now that it seems dark by 4:30 every afternoon, causing me to feel like bedding down before 7 p.m., I…

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    ALL ABOARD | Just for fun, try to guess who’s coming to dinner
    ALL ABOARD | Just for fun, try to...
    By Jim Freeman • October 18, 2009 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | Here’s the lowdown on thighs high in cholesterol
    ALL ABOARD | Here’s the lowdown on thighs...
    By Jim Freeman • September 20, 2009 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | A porch! A porch! My kingdom for a porch!
    ALL ABOARD | A porch! A porch! My...
    By Jim Freeman • August 14, 2009 8:14 pm

    Last week’s dog and house sitting for friends way up there in Greenbank reminded me that a porch is a…

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    ALL ABOARD | I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
    ALL ABOARD | I’m gonna sit right down...
    By Jim Freeman • July 18, 2009 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | Coping with the recession without depression
    ALL ABOARD | Coping with the recession without...
    By Jim Freeman • June 19, 2009 5:31 pm

    Lately, life seems to be series of forced adjustments. Several of us have portfolios that have burst starboard. Many of…

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    ALL ABOARD | Old Yeller: No, not the movie, just little old me
    ALL ABOARD | Old Yeller: No, not the...
    By Jim Freeman • May 15, 2009 7:55 pm

    No matter what day you read this, if my today is any indication, tomorrow will be a lot better. I…

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    ALL ABOARD | Ah, to play children’s games again — we’re still at it!
    ALL ABOARD | Ah, to play children’s games...
    By Jim Freeman • April 19, 2009 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | March Madness: In like a lion, out with a poem
    ALL ABOARD | March Madness: In like a...
    By Jim Freeman • March 27, 2009 7:01 pm

    This could be my first column written while tired. Tired of dribbling. Tired of the sound of squeaking tennis shoes….

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