Life on a tabletop

Just a quick update for the hell of it. Hope everyone is well.

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Harbor son comes home

Macleod Pappidas | The Daily World
The body of Pfc. Aaron Fairbairn, 20, returned to Grays Harbor yesterday afternoon to a crowd of crying friends and grateful neighbors. I had the honor of covering his homecoming:
Six solemn-faced men in green U.S. Army dress uniforms turned their eyes to the sky Tuesday afternoon as the low whine [...]

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Parking lot family photos

So there’s the family, posed on the trunk of my Tempest in the parking lot of a Denny’s south of Tacoma. Krista deserves photo credit for this one. I took the others.

A few more below:

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The Landen and Krista Show

The Landen and Krista Show, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.

Breakfast with the odd couple.

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Breaking the habit for bear

I put aside my vegetarianism for a meal to try the famous bear stew at the Bear Festival in McCleary today. My first dead animal in months.
It was pretty good.

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Missing in McCleary: 5 seconds of fame

My editor asked me to go on CNN with Nancy Grace yesterday to help get the word out about missing 11-year-old Lindsey Baum. It wasn’t that fun.

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The search continues in McCleary

Undersheriff Rick Scott and an FBI agent discuss missing Lindsey Baum outside the McCleary Police Department last week.
Happy Birthday, Lindsey Baum. The search goes on.
Clutching a flier for his missing 11-year-old daughter, Lindsey Baum’s father pleaded for her safe return Monday as he faces deploying to Iraq without knowing her fate.
Scott Baum, on leave from [...]

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Missing in McCleary

Missing in McCleary, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.

I am spending the afternoon in McCLeary as authorities continue searching for a missing 10-year-old girl. This is the command center.

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