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Insanely Happy Looking At The Morning Moon
This past Tuesday morning was unusually clear so that when I looked up into the sky around 7:30 a.m. EST I saw the waning gibbous moon. I was aware that I might see the moon in the morning after I...
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That Place Where Genealogy & A Forgiving Spirit Meet
“It is a duty to forgive everyone that is indebted to us, under pain of the Divine condemnation… for an unforgiving spirit cannot possibly be a happy one.” ~ The Reverend William H. Sutherland, Ohio...
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QOTD: And What Mysteries Keep You From Going Stale?
{A Different Sort of Throwback Thursday Post} ~ • ~ “Kings and statesmen, business men and professional men read mystery stories for relaxation, for fun, and to sharpen their wits for the daily battle...
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A Conversation In Which I Learn Something About E-book Readers, I Guess
Make no assumptions… IT’S BEEN STORMY here this week. Some days the sky has been as dark at 11:00 a.m. as it is at 11:00 p.m. This weather phenomenon has been the talk wherever I go. As you would...
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Of Slow Cooker Wisdom And Simple Garden Plans
“Knowledge is the process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” ~ Martin H. Fischer, Physician and Author • • • WE SPENT MOST of this past warm and beautiful spring weekend...
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My Weekend At Home With A Snotty Hacker
Last week Zen-Den got a cold. This is unusual. He was traveling for work and somewhere along the way, on a plane or at a hotel perhaps, he picked up a nasty head cold that over the weekend morphed...
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I’ve Read 23 Out Of 35, But I Don’t Know About This Book List
Earlier this week Time magazine published 35 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime. I’ve added the list to the bottom of this post. The list, compiled from responses by Reddit users, attempts...
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Links I Love: Use Your Words
… because information is FASCINATING & FUN dammit. • • • • • • BE COOL ON FLEEK AGAIN. Learn the latest slang, and feel old because you don’t know it, here. HELP SAVE THE WORDS! Become aware of...
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Trumped: In Which I Admit To Agreeing With The Donald On One Point
Earlier this week did you happen to see Rob Lowe as a guest on Conan? [If not, I’ll wait here while you watch this clip of it. Take your time. No rush.] [Okay, continuing on…] ~ ~ • ~ ~ IN THE ABOVE...
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If We Were Having Coffee On This February Morning…
THE SETTING: We’d be sitting in my kitchen at the table, staying warm, glancing outside at the bleak leafless trees that make you wonder if you’ll survive this time of year with your sanity intact....
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Channeling Miss Marple As I Watch The Neighbor’s House Not Sell
Over the weekend I got nosy. I morphed from my free-spirited pleasantly indifferent self into an observant Miss Marple, watching our neighbors try to make their home look SNAZZY for an open house. They...
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A Recipe For A Heart-y Dinner, So To Speak
Do you want to be happier about where you are in life? Then I recommend you read the following recipe which will quickly make you incredibly content to be living in the modern world. The recipe is from...
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What Ally Forgot: A Different Kind Of Book Review
• Introduction • A few weeks ago Akilah at The Englishist wrote a post titled, “Top Ten Books I Have No Recollection of Reading.” Her point, which is excellent, is that we all read lots of books, but...
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Grateful For Smiles, Three Unexpected Things
THING ONE: Looking Up Our local Kroger is undergoing a remodel that started in April. Since about day 1 this upside down wheelbarrow has been on the roof, not moving, just sitting up there. While the...
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Well It Goes Like This, I Shredded My Past. Hallelujah!
• • • SO LAST WEEK while stuck at home because of this, I decided to go through all the writing ditherage I’ve kept over the years. Much of it was in boxes in the basement. Lots of it was spiral...
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On The Cusp Of The Holidays, I Give You Links I Love
It’s Thanksgiving week here in the United States. Much hustle and bustle. Much family related stress. Much TV watching for the non-shoppers, much discount shopping for the wackos people who like to...
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Meandering Thoughts About Reading Books & The Nature Of Failure
• WOULDN’T IT BE WONDERFUL IF I COULD tell you that I succeeded in doing Modern Mrs. Darcy’s 2016 reading challenge? The one I talked about here. And wouldn’t it be equally wonderful if I were to...
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One Word 2017: When The Words Don’t Seem Right, What Do You Do?
{ File this under: NEVER TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY } • A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN I began to think about what my One Word for this year would be I was sure it’d be SMART. My egotistical little brain that...
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Share Your World | Hail, Hail, Spring Is Here
Spring is here and I’m ready for a change of pace vis-à-vis blogging. So starting today and in the coming weeks instead of me dreaming up something to write about here, I’m going to do Cee’s Share...
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Share Your World | Going To The Turtles
Once a week Cee asks the questions on her blog, and I answer them here on my blog. It’s a good thing, ‘ya know? ~ • ~ • What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point...
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