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Unless we all have plenty…
This and That

Unless we all have plenty…

This poem by Joseph Pintauro always comes to mind when ancient wounds and conflicts are in the news again. Unless … Continue reading Unless we all have plenty…

Book Report: Can we weave the world back together?
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Book Report: Can we weave the world back together?

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Botany professor at SUNY in Syracuse who just happens to also be an indigenous woman. … Continue reading Book Report: Can we weave the world back together?

What I'm reading..., What I'm writing...

Going down under

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. It’s hard to get farther away from my home … Continue reading Going down under

Healthy Habits for Happy Humans, What I'm writing...

It’s not where you are…

…any place can be ideal with the right company. Continue reading It’s not where you are…

Us, Now and Then, What I'm writing...

Births and babies!

What brings a tear of joy to your eye? Prompt for September 4, 2023 Babies. Especially babies being born—even in … Continue reading Births and babies!

Practice. Practice. Practice.
Healthy Habits for Happy Humans, What I'm writing...

Practice. Practice. Practice.

Why do you blog? Prompt for September 3, 2023 Like the old joke… “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” … Continue reading Practice. Practice. Practice.

Book Report: Just who are the demons?
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Book Report: Just who are the demons?

“Live long enough, and all things you ever loved can turn around to scorch you blind. The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”
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Mid-week Wisdom and/or Mischief, This and That

Mid-week Wisdom

Let children read whatever they want and… Continue reading Mid-week Wisdom

Book Report: Nightclubs and flappers and gangsters, Oh my!
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Book Report: Nightclubs and flappers and gangsters, Oh my!

Kate Atkinson’s immersive and wry novel is set eight years after the Great War in London’s Soho district. There, Nellie … Continue reading Book Report: Nightclubs and flappers and gangsters, Oh my!

Moving on

It was typical until…

Was today typical? …a former US President was criminally indicted for a third time. Continue reading It was typical until…

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