Today is the shortest day of the year when it comes to how much daylight we’ll be seeing in the Northern Hemisphere. In Tacoma, this is what our day will look like. Winter Solstice Sunrise – 07:54 AM Winter Solstice Sunset – 04:22 PM Winter Solstice Day Duration – 08 Hours 28 Mins 27 Secs Winter Solstice Previous Day Duration – 08 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs Winter Solstice Next […]
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I’m reading WEST FROM APPOMATTOX, The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War. It is historian Heather Cox Richardson’s account that reveals the trajectory that has brought us to the national crisis we’re facing today, which was keenly illustrated by the attempted coup that took place on January 6th this year. What jumps out at
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30 Years Ago Today DeForest Kelley Got His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I was there. Here is my account of that day (an excerpt from my book DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best) On December 18th, hundreds of fans gathered again
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Wow! I just realized that January 2, 2022 will be the 15th anniversary of my career as a professional copywriter! How exciting!!! Although I’ve been a published features writer since January 1969, thanks to my beloved mentor (actor DeForest Kelley), I didn’t hang my shingle and decide to become a full-time professional writer until fate
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My nine baby fish (six mollies and three plecos) are almost ready to join the 55-gallon community tank again. It won’t be long now. I’ll probably give them another week to grow before I turn them loose in there. There is at least one remaining baby pleco in the big tank. I couldn’t catch
I revisited the EVER NEW Test #1 Dry Run video to take notes on what Roger D. Noriega explained during the 35 minutes he was live-training me. I have printed them out to have near during the next few dry runs. I still have a couple questions to ask him about things he shared in
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The butterflies are showing up right on time ahead of the January 15th, 2022 debut of my podcast EVER NEW; as fully expected, I had a “not prepared” dream last night. In the dream, Mom had driven me to the airport, dropped me off, and left for home. The trip had been hurriedly
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Last night Roger D. Noriega and I did the EVER NEW Test #1 Dry Run with a few of his wonderful and amenable podcast followers so I could learn the ropes. It was fun. I look forward to doing at least three more dry runs before the debut on January 15 2022. Next week’s
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I recently set this image as the desktop background for my PC. My friend Nancy Graf took it while Deaken and I were living in Encino, CA. (1991 to 1995; Deaken passed away at age seventeen and four months in 1996 in North Hollywood not long after I bought a condo there). Nancy sent
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January 15 2022 is the launch date for my new podcast, “EVER NEW with Kris M. Smith.” I sincerely hope you’ll tune in for it and send me questions or comments beforehand. As mentioned in an earlier post, it’s going to be a wide-ranging podcast. My target audience includes readers, thinkers, seekers, and non-bigoted
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