First off, is anyone missing a duck? Last Friday, after the week-long deep freeze in Texas, I ventured out for my morning walk and saw this bird hunched for warmth on my neighbor’s sidewalk. I thought for sure the bird was dying, but it has survived and is even thriving. My neighbors are feeding it, […]
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Sadly, too much of the news last week was about the police brutality that lead to the death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year old black man who was beaten by five black police officers in Memphis on January 7 and died three days later. In his article in The New York Times, Charles blow called
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Recently I received a request for a review or spotlight feature for this book. I read the sample pages on Amazon and decided that the academic style of the writing was too much for me to enjoy reading. Still, it is a good book, especially for people of a more scientific bent, and certainly for
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Until I saw the news Sunday morning about the mass shooting in Monterey California, I had a whole different plan for today’s blog. Even had a few things set up in draft, and I’ll probably keep those since my heart is so heavy and my trigeminal neuralgia pain is screaming at me. It’s hard to
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Let’s all take a moment to stop what we are doing and remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr as we commemorate his birthday today. If only his dream of equality and justice for all could come true for people of color everywhere. In years past, I’ve written about Dr. King and his legacy here on
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This morning I saw a news report on a shooting at a school in Richmond, VA. I’d been offline most of Saturday and Sunday alternating between writing and caring for a new kitty and playing with a jigsaw puzzle. More about the news item a bit later in the blog post, but first, here’s Max
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Something to make us smile before the heavy stuff. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remembering January 6th. This from NBC News in Washington “Two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, faith leaders, lawmakers and those who defended the U.S. Capitol will gather in Washington, D.C., to reflect on events that are still reverberating through the country’s political and judicial
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I wasn’t sure what to write about for today’s blog, then decided to do a book review. Earlier today, I finished reading this terrific book, In the Year of the Rabbit: A Novel by Terence Harkin. It’s published by Silkworm Books and was released in 2021. ***** ABOUT THE BOOK ***** Cameraman Brendan Leary survived
Are you partying tonight? My celebration will be small, just me and one of my sons and we’ll toast the New Year around ten o’clock because it’s midnight somewhere. 🙂 Tomorrow I’ll make a few of the good-luck dishes, just because I like them, and enjoy a day of working on a new jigsaw puzzle.
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Even though we’re in the middle of the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, and Kwanzaa was yesterday, and Hanukkah just ended, it’s still a good time to spread more cheer. Every year for the past few, I’ve given my friends and family a gift of one of my stories, and this year
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