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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:22:17 -0800

Prop 8: The Musical
I’m not a particular fan of Jack Black, but this video is too wonderful to let that stand in my way. Got this from...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:58:47 -0800

Soup Weather
Because I'm part of the Positivity Experiment this week, I refrained from my usual scathing-but-affectionate remarks about the...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:13:32 -0800

Teaser Tuesdays: Belladonna, by Anne Bishop
On Teaser Tuesdays readers are asked to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:32:26 -0800

Mama J. Totally Rocks �
I'm betting you'll make the trip in an 1:45 hours...
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:24:00 -0800

Small Things
t's even more fitting, as we enter this month that is packed full of holidays (Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Solstice, etc.),...
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Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:07:21 -0800

Something Old
The brooch had been in our family forever, handed down from mother to daughter on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. At first...
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Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:48:24 -0800

Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman
The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Get it from Amazon. The Zookeeper’s Wife sounds rather grim on...
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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:32:42 -0800

Grandpa K’s Turkey Stuffing and Gravy Recipe
I originally posted this on 22 November 2006, but when I went looking for my hard copy last night, could NOT find it. Thank...
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:09:21 -0800

Teaser Tuesday: The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman
On Teaser Tuesdays readers are asked to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two...
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:16:49 -0800

Poem: Monday, 4:05 PM
And the trees are not blowing with vigor, But breathing gentle sighs As their branches lift and fall In arboreal shrugs.
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:07:11 -0800

Grooving
Oh, and then there was the vampire who was about to bite my neck before I killed him, only to have his disintegration into ash...
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Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:46:53 -0800

Cat Proof? �
Oh...I really like that. How many thousands of dollars did it cost, and where did you get it, please?
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Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:11:20 -0800

Review: Dog Years, by Mark Doty
Dog Years by Mark Doty Get it from Amazon Dog Years was, perhaps, not the best choice of read for a time when I was convinced...
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:38:33 -0800

Positivity Breeds Positivity
Just as productivity breeds productivity, and having a job makes you more attractive to prospective employers, I believe that...
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:33:14 -0800

Booking Through Thursday: Honesty
I receive a lot of review books, but I have never once told lies about the book just because I got a free copy of it. However,...
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:20:15 -0800

ThursdayThirteen.com : Official Thursday Thirteen Blog Meme Hub � Blog Archive � Thursday Thirteen - 171st Edition
I haven't played in forever...my link is here: Box of Me .
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:14:18 -0800

Box of Me
Some men’s memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. ~George Savile Louisa May Alcott...
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:29:16 -0800

Feeling Bookish
One of the reasons I made the decision not to do NaNoWriMo this year is that every year I’ve done it I’ve been...
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:00:35 -0800

Teaser Tuesdays: Immoveable Feast, by John Baxter
Teaser Tuesday asks readers to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2)...
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:56:00 -0800

Review: On What Grounds, by Cleo Coyle
On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle Get it at Amazon In the first of the Coffeehouse Mysteries, a cozy series set in the fictional...
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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:43:55 -0800

Ignition
Photo Credit: NASA Flipping channels a few nights ago, I came across Apollo 13, and even though I own it on DVD, I paused to...
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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:35:38 -0800

Stop the H8TE
I’ve had a long standing policy of not talking politics on this site, but I’ve broken that policy when issues come...
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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:39:00 -0800

About the Crazy Cat Lady Thing . . . �
Oh, he's adorable.
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Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:55:03 -0800

Personal Battles
In an ideal world, I’d have spent Veterans day writing something sweet about my grandfather, who was a career Army...
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Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:55:38 -0800

Somtimes “Champion” is Spelled Z-o-r-r-o.
Spanish speakers would tell you that the word “zorro” means “fox,” but if you capitalize it, and give...
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