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Vacation Homes for You to Try

My Featured Blogger this week is Charles of Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes because, well, it’s vacation planning time and, heck, who doesn’t want more potatoes?

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Taking Selfies in the COVID Era

Selfies were already a thing before COVID 19, but the pandemic era ushered in a pandemic of crazy selfie-taking, as well. Anything was allowed in order to be unique, say “Hey I’m still here!,” or simply cut through the boredom! … Continue reading

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Craziest Shoes Ever

I’m not a big shoe guy. In fact, I own like five pair. So no one’s likely to call me “the Imelda Marcos of America.” However, when I stumbled across these shoes (that’s a pun…sort of), I kept going. I … Continue reading

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Lockdown, Part Two?

My state, like most of the world, is on the verge of producing a bad sequel, Lockdown, Part Two: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Into a Restaurant. For many, the last lockdown seemed to last forever … Continue reading

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Politics

Given the current rather bizarre state of politics in my country (“current” meaning any day of any year), it seems like a good time for this: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, … Continue reading

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The Life of a Writer

“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” ~E.L. Doctorow     “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~Maya Angelou “Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. As you get … Continue reading

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They say love makes us crazy.  But it sometimes has the opposite effect, renewing our sense of purpose and reminding us who we really are. ~From Thoughts at the end of The Wishing Map 33

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