• Bargain Shopping

    I recently bought two paperback books from the library bookshelf sale. The first, called Dog Songs, is a New York Times bestselling book of poems by Mary Oliver. It won the Pulitzer Prize. The other, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct, by P. M. Forni, apparently has no cover-worthy accolades. Dog Songs was

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  • Forgive my Indulgence

    Forgive my Indulgence

    But it’s imperative that I share the absolute adorableness of this puppy for as long as her absolute adorable puppyness lasts.* *Yes, I do understand that we may have to expand to absolute adorable doggyness at some point. I assume we’re all okay with that.

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  • Timely Lessons

    Timely Lessons

    *I’m sorry to say Mr. Whinna passed away the day after this post went live. I hope he knows how much he inspired me and many others. I honestly believe he does. ~ ~ ~ I remember having an architecture assignment in high school that required me to create my dream house. I worked so

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  • The Wedding

    The Wedding

    For the past several months, I have been deferring plans with a, “just let me get past the wedding” response. Zach’s and Rylie’s wedding was yesterday, Sunday, August 6th.IT WAS FABULOUS.The bride.The groom.The family.The friends.The flowers.The favors.The venue.The decor.The photographer.The videographer.The officiant.The stylists.The staff.The food.Lastly, I am so very pleased to add to the fabulous

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  • New to Me 2

    New to Me 2

    I consider myself well-read, educated, experienced, and, to a large degree, old. Yet, I’m always learning. I love it when I come across something that is new to me. Maybe you know these things, maybe I’ll expand your knowledge base, either way, here you go… Rigor mortis is not a permanent posthumous state. I recently

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  • Inner Idiot

    Inner Idiot

    At the Writers’ Police Academy, which I wrote about a few weeks ago, one of my sessions was on Handcuffs. As previously mentioned, the class itself was interesting, informational, and delivered in an engaging way. But what truly stuck with me was the instructors use of teaching tools based on his own personal experiences (aka

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  • Ole Blue Eyes

    Ole Blue Eyes

    For your viewing and awww-enjoyment, I offer you new photos of the pup with the blue-blue eyes! The one with all the moxie. She’s the corgi that makes everyone a fan! What’s her name? It’s ROXY! A note to those of you enamored by the cuteness overload, please know, there is a dark side…Or should

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  • 3 Sentence Review: TV – Mrs. Davis

    Full title: Mrs. DavisStarring: Betty Gilpin, Jake McDorman, Andy McQueenCreators: Tara Hernandez, Damon LindlehofGenre: Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama Brief Synopsis: A nun and ex-cowboy team up to take down Mrs. Davis, a world-wide AI. Mrs. Davis is on Peacock.The season is 8 episodes long, each averages about 55 minutes.There is NO NEED for a second

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  • We All just Want to be Big Rock Stars

    Or at least see them on occassion. So, we did a thing:1 Day2 Stages7 Bands10 Hours24,000 People That thing was the Tailgate & Tallboys Music Festival in Bloomington, Illinois.June 17, 2023Lakeview, Lily Rose, Josh Ross, Alexandra Kay, Warren Zeiders, Jelly Roll, and Nickelback. Yes, that Nickelback.It’s both kind of a joke and kinda cool that

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  • Give the People what they Love

    As you probably know, I am a multi-published author who posts weekly to share my personal, writing, and miscellaneous adventures. Some topics are more popular than others, but NONE have proven more popular than our new puppy. So, here you go, loving audience. MORE ROXY Roxy is fourteen weeks old already! Despite the occasional tease,

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