Mary Lamphere
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I was going to title today’s blog, No Post Today, but then I realized if I explained why, that would be a post. So, here goes… My computer died.This greatly saddens me.Yes, some of my files are in the cloud, but most are in a desktop folder titled OCT23 which was supposed to be dragged
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What is NaNo?It’s short for National Novel Writing Month, a global event that takes place during the month of November and has been building a following since its inception in 1999. Writers from around the world commit to writing 50,000 words of new fiction. That breaks down to approximately 1667 words a day and hopefully
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Have you ever experienced something so bad it was good? A terrible show but thoroughly enjoyable? Happens to us enough that over the years we’ve started a list: The Best of the Worst. Recently we saw a local version of one of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows, a musical that we have seen easily half a
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I’m posting my Monday blog on Tuesday because my birthday was Sunday. Got that? Makes more sense when I tell you I was in Milwaukee overnight for a Jonathan Richman show in celebration of my birthday and our Rich(man) history. I’ve been a fan since my then boyfriend, Dave, introduced me in 1985. Over the
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I’m surprised to say, there is nothing to report. When we got her at 8 weeks old, I pleaded with the corgi gods to not let her ears pop too soon. She was so cute with those floppy ears! But, if we had placed bets on when her ears would go up and someone had
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After last week’s dismal 3 Books, 3 Sentences Review, I needed to read something light and entertaining to get the bad book taste out of my head. I’m happy to report my literary palate cleanser was a success! Kudos and 5 Stars to The Dispatcher by John Scalzi. I stumbled across this title by accident
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I’ve had a particularly rough patch of reading lately. Now, I know, these are probably somebody’s favorite books! And I think that’s awesome. If you’ve read them and loved them, my opinion affects you not at all. I truly had a love/hate relationship with each of these novels but in the end, by the painfully
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I frequently get responses to my NTM posts saying, Oh, I knew that. My ‘new to me’s are rarely life-altering discoveries, just things that I was previously unaware of and that I’d like to share. Maybe I’m sharing trivia-bits, maybe I’m sharing my naiveté, (how did she not know that?!), either way, I’m learning. And
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I know it’s technically Labor Day, but we’re celebrating my grandson’s 6th birthday today, so for me, it’s EVAN DAY! In honor of this adorable, smart, feisty, and funny kid, I’m sharing his origin blog.Please enjoy this flashback to 2017.It’s a BV! Whatever your plans for this gorgeous day, please enjoy.
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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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