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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Today on the blog, some thoughtful writing I found online from some folks on Twitter. Sometimes there are things that really catch my attention, and these two images did. This first one by Charles Schulz is priceless and has a message that is so relevant today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This next piece is a report from Democratic
Happy Day after Thanksgiving and Black Friday and all that. Lots of folks have been out and about, shopping for the great bargains, and better them than me. I’ve been happy to be home, reading a good book and eating yummy leftovers from our feast yesterday. I’ve been reading No Strangers Here by Carlene O’Connor,
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Halloween is always a fun time of the year in my family; more so when the kids were young and we lived in a neighborhood where we knew most of the families. It’s different now for me as I live in an area where kids don’t go trick or treating, and I have no young
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“Sometimes a Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… Some… who so worry about the next world, they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird A friend
What would we do without our friends? Next to family members who’ve been so good to me during my lifetime, I’ve treasured my friends the most. Ones I’ve known for a ages and used to see in person a lot many moons ago – before my move and COVID and all the aches and pains
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It’s true. I really am turning into the same kind of curmudgeon as my grandfather who used to throw his slippers at the TV or radio when there was some news item that stirred his ire, as well as a few chosen words. That’s the way I’ve felt too often in the last few years
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