Don’t know why I do this to myself. Every few years I get nostalgic and start looking for RFK books that I don’t already have, as if buying more of them will bring him back to us. It won’t. But it will keep him forever in my heart, as he deserves to […]
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T’is the calm before the storm. I’m in the eye of the hurricane. (Pick your favorite metaphor for what follows!) Right now, I’m doing absolutely nothing for clients!!! (Feel the freedom! Enjoy the moment! Celebrate!) Although I love, love, love what I do, at age (newly) 71, I also love NOT doing what I
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Happy Birthday to me Happy Birthday to me Happy Birthday, dear Krispy Happy Birthday to me! Flashback to my youth, when Dad called me “Krispy!” Korea vet Ben Taylor and I are going to “Rock the Dock” on the waterfront in Tacoma for brunch today. That will be fun. It’s one of Lisa’s and
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Last night as I was going through and adding to my “must see” TV list, I spotted “Always Jane” and thought I would give the first episode a glance to see if I wanted to continue watching it, since I’m already well aware of so many of the challenges and issues of the transgender community,
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Monday I finished helping 86-year-old Ben Taylor get moved from Olympia to Tacoma, which included cleaning the old place. My vacuum and orbital floor polisher tripped the electrical switches, so Lisa and I ended up having to do everything in the hardest possible way, and there was a lot to do in there! Oh, well!
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I’m at loose ends right now, so I’ll update you on some stuff. EVER NEW GOES LIVE AT 10:30am SATURDAY MORNING AGAIN Please Join Us! Here is your reminder for tomorrow’s podcast, viewers/listeners! Hope to see you there! “EVER NEW with Kris M. Smith, Hannah McCrane and Co-Hosts IS ABOUT LIVING OUT LOUD,
I have been blogging at YellowBalloonPublications.com recently, so it’s time to put something here again for a change of pace. BOOKCASE MAKEOVER The top of my hand-me-down bookcase got water-damaged and looked like this three days ago… This is how it looks now after the extreme makeover I gave it… MOVED A FRIEND
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Happy Presidents Day! I’m taking the day off to recover completely from yesterday’s chores and prepare physically to help Ben Taylor move to Tacoma tomorrow. SCENT-FREE PARADISE When I got up this morning and opened the door to my den/office, I was greeted by the sweetest, cleanest scent. Yesterday’s deep cleaning
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I’ve aced so many accomplishments today, on my so-called “exercise-free” day off, that I put in 11,600+ Fitbit steps indoors and out doing chores. DEN MAKEOVER First thing this morning, before the sun rose, I worked in my den to remove a filing cabinet and bookcase that fit better in my large bedroom than
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Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. At the end of his performance Electrico reached out to the twelve-year-old Bradbury, touched the boy with his sword, and commanded, “Live forever!” Bradbury later said, “I decided that was the greatest idea I had
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