In many states across the U.S., kids are starting school already, or getting ready for classes to begin in a couple of weeks. At least their parents are getting them ready to go back to school. The kids might not be so anxious to let go of the lazy summer days. When I wrote a
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Oh how I long for the day when the top government official in the United States will once again have good taste, emotional maturity, balanced mental health, strong moral character and respect for others. Even though they didn’t have the moral and ethical integrity of a Carter or Obama, Reagan, and both George Bush presidents
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Listening to the news about the Iran war, as well the peace deal that’s been on and off, coupled with the ongoing tension between Trump and Netanyahu is like watching an out-of-control tennis match with the players leaping over the net and tennis balls wildy flying about the court. Who can keep up? The pundits
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With the rapid pace of AI becoming a part of our daily lives, I thought about the time long before Alexa or Siri, when the company my husband worked for wanted to launch a home computer that would act much like the modern systems do. He was a software engineer and came home from work
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Are you partying tonight? My celebration will be small, just me and one of my sons. As in years past, we’ll toast the New Year around ten o’clock because it’s midnight somewhere. Then he’ll go back to his house & we’ll both be tucked in before the bell tolls midnight. Tomorrow I’ll make a few
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Decorating… check. Baking… sorta check. Still cookies to make. Gifts and cards… also sorta check. Still have to wrap a few gifts. House ready for company… check as soon as I get all the wrapping paper and bits of ribbon off the guest bed. Now to just close down my office for the rest of
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Here it is Monday again and time for another guest post from Slim Randles since I have nothing to write about. The news, along current affairs, are just too depressing. Plus, I’ve been sick for a week. UGH! I sure wish Slim had been a contributor to newspapers and blogs way back when I did
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I’m still knee deep in unpacking and settling into my new house. The one room I thought had no more boxes to unpack and was finished except for artwork and curtains, now has boxes of said artwork on the floor, waiting for someone with a hammer to show up at my front door. 🙂 My
The following is an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. The book is a collection of the humor columns I used to write for the Plano Star Courier, a suburb of Dallas. A number of readers had suggested I put them together in a book, and a number of years later
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Spring is always a time to celebrate the rebirth of the land as the browns of winter give way to the greening of landscapes, and we are gifted with the many flowers that pop up to say, “hello.” This is always a season of excitement and hope for me every year, but right now it’s
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