Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

I LOVE the new features on appliances nowadays, especially my washer, dryer and dishwasher. Where was my head last night? Am I really starting to act like a  OLD broad? I didn’t say I was one. Not yet. At 8:00 pm, I was just going to start my dishwasher but remembered to set a two-hour delay start [...]

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Them’s Fighting Words

I don’t know if it’s maturity, experience or just plain crankiness. It appears I’ve become a nitpicker! In the past few years, I’ve been noticing sloppy publishing in our local newspaper, which is skeletal compared to say The New York Times, and in the novels I love to devour as rapidly as I can. No matter how [...]

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Inky Dinky Spider

I thought I was dreaming; perhaps in another dimension… When’s the last time anyone you know opened up a jar of moisturizer to find a daddy long legs all curled up inside, looking as comfy as a snail in its shell? It happened to ME! This was a new jar, used less than half a dozen [...]

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Friday the 13th

There’s a picturesque little town on the shores of Erie Lake called Port Dover. It’s about a two-hour drive from Toronto, Canada. Best known for its shops, boutiques, hotels and B&Bs, in warm summer weather, throngs of people arrive from the surrounding area and beyond to lie on the beach or swim in the Lake. [...]

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A Special Announcement

Yay. Many thanks to Kana Tyler, a most talented blogger—check her out—who passed on the ABC award to me January 2nd.  Am I tickled pink or what? I’m a little technically challenged, slower this year than last (who knows why?) and basically caught up with life around me. I know excuses don’t cut it but there you are. [...]

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A Waste of Valuable Time

It finally happened. I blew it. I wasn’t careful enough. It’s amazing how one wrong move, one move in haste, one supposition can make such a mess of a day. Like mine this morning. Yesterday, I opened what I assumed was a legitimate e-mail from a friend I trusted. All I saw (my first name) [...]

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Your Daily Survival Guide for the New Year . . .

I am giving you  a SURVIVAL  KIT  to help you each  day…  TOOTHPICK … to remind you  to pick the good qualities in everyone, including yourself. RUBBER BAND … to remind  you to be flexible. Things might not  always go the way you want, but it can be worked out. BAND-AID … to remind you [...]

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Blogger Call to Action: Please Help Me Happy-Dance

Blogger Call to Action: Please Help Me Happy-Dance.

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In Like a LION

So far 2012 has proved to be exciting and we’re only three days into the New Year. I have a confession to make. Since New Year’s Eve, I have been distracted, spending gleeful hours being amazed, amused and abstracted. You might guess it’s about a man. A talented smooth-talking-very-tall-man—talking very tall, that is. I’m tickled that [...]

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