I need to get my GoFundMe relocation fundraiser off the bench again. Here’s the link: https://gofund.me/e3a967ed Last night I wrote an appeal-for-help letter to former writing clients asking them to send me a belated “bonus” for the thousands/tens of thousands (probably millions by now cumulatively) of dollars that I’ve helped them earn over […]
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Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate. First thing I did this morning after liberating the chickens from the predator-proof part of their pen was clean the fish tank. It was time and I had the energy. I’d been looking at it for days and thinking, “Yeah, gotta do that …
Here are some images from today’s Tacoma HANDS OFF Protest. Tacomans are very creative when it comes to making protest signs. I got there at about 11:30 and took photos all up the line until about 12:15 (fifteen minutes after the official start of the protest). A great many people joined the protest after I
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Mr. Tumnus and Tillie will have a new home in two to three weeks. It’s just across the street from where my niece’s parents live, a very short drive from here. And I will have visitation rights until I leave the U.S. in September. I’m very happy it turned out this way The
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One great thing about being retired is that afternoon naps are nearly always available. They’re rejuvenating, calming, restorative, cozy, all the good stuff. And when a cat (or cats) join you for them, they’re absolute HEAVEN! Charli and Patches don’t see eye to eye — or, when they do, Patches gives Charli the stink eye
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I had the ultrasound the other day. Just a day later, I was told it’s an umbilical hernia, so they’re referring me to a surgeon for follow-up. My hope is that I can get it taken care of soon so I’ll be fine again by the time June 11th rolls around (the date of my
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Tacoma turned out in force for today’s #HandsOff Rally. I took the vast majority of these pictures very early on, more than a half hour before the event even got underway officially. By the time I left at 1:30, so many people had joined that, had they not huddled for speeches and rallying cries, they
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Picked up my new Frigidaire today. It’s a pretty fridge. It’s a bit little shorter than the other one was, but that’s good. It has no visible scratches or dings on the door, and just a little scratch and ding on one side. T’was a great buy for $399! Unscratched/dinged, it would have sold for
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In 2017, I signed up for Classmates for a year for a little over $35. I canceled the subscription after a couple of years because I realized I wasn’t using it much anymore. This morning I found a charge to my credit card for $105 from them. I immediately contacted them and told them
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Just one year and two months ago, I got a brand new Whirlpool refrigerator at Lowe’s in Puyallup, model #WRT314TFDW. I didn’t buy an extended warranty because most articles about extended warranties say don’t bother; they’re a ripoff. Well, the thermostat or compressor (don’t know which yet) has just gone belly up and it
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