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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Here at my house preparations are underway for company to arrive this evening. Well, dinner preparations that involves soup making and perhaps a bit of a clean-up of the house. 🙂 The rest of the holiday prep is complete. Presents wrapped. (check) Cookies and pumpkin bread baked. (check) Cards mailed. (check) All that is left
Since Christmas is fast approaching, faster than my preparations are going, I’m going to let Slim Randles entertain you, while I dash off to bake some cookies. Mine won’t be quite as pretty as these, but I’ll do my best. This post from Slim is a repeat of one from a few years ago, but
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Today’s a good day for some Holiday humor. This is such a wonderful time of the year with a month-long preparation for special holidays, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and more. Who can’t help but smile with excitement? First I have this cute meme that a friend sent the other day. The following was part of a
Since winter is closing in, I thought a picture of a pretty flower would brighten what is otherwise a cloudy day here in my corner of the world. Somebody posted this on Twitter the other day, and it so perfectly says something about me. It took me a long time to realize that the trigeminal
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When the calendar turns from November 30 to December 1, there’s always a quickening in my heart as I look forward to the holiday season. The gathering with family and friends. The good meals. The cookies. More cookies. Presents. I love giving them as much as receiving them. As Kate, the main character in my
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