June 11 is special to me now for another reason beyond the date of DeForest Kelley’s passing. Last year Tia in Russia contacted me on this date to tell me she had just finished reading DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal and loved it Her letter was so touching and poignant that we […]
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If you’re missing the loving, sassy, fun vibe that DeForest Kelley offered to the world, as I frequently do, I have some suggestions for where to find his type today. I’ve found several specific spots where I encounter DeForest Kelley types Star Trek conventions I haven’t been to a Star Trek convention since
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Edward Smith and I attended the first-ever Yelm PRIDE Festival today and I had so many amazing conversations with people!!! I arrived about 20 minutes before Edward did, so I wandered around to get the layout/parameters of the extent of the Festival. CHRISTIAN PROTESTERS, MASSIVE POLICE PRESENCE, AND A PROUD BOY OR
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I’ve been depressed for three days now, which is unusual for me, so I’m going to the beach to collect some negative ions from the ocean. There is so much road construction in this state right now that I expect I’ll end up at Owen Beach, which is on Puget Sound, not on the Pacific
Our June 17th EVER NEW Podcast will be Unprecedented and Spectacular. We have eight special guests confirmed and eager to REMEMBER DeFOREST KELLEY. Our special guests for this “DE DAY” EVENT will be Amy Ulen, Denise and Michael Okida, Dan Madsen, Larry Nemecek, T.Rick Jones, Thorsten Walch, and Michelle Campbell. The link to the
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I was planning to go out and sit in the chicken pen today and get some video of the chicks climbing all over me, but it’s so chilly out there right now that I even built a fire in the firepit to raise the temperature in a corner of their enclosure some. They’re all out
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This is Graduation month for several people I know, love, and admire. My niece Casey Hope McNiven just completed her Masters in Education, my UW dentist completes her Dental School training this week, and Abbie McCrane will be graduating this month, too. Abbie’s degree is in Education K-8. Plus there are all the
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WOO HOO! I’m having my best month ever. From May 15th to now I’ve made just over $10,000 as a writer for hire. Exhausting but exhilarating! And I’m still not finished with all the assignments, which have yet to be billed for! Best of all, the client (a regular) remains deliriously happy! Of course,
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Ages ago, I read that chickens will peck to death another chicken that is bleeding, which is why the horrible practice of de-beaking chickens became a thing in factory farms where chickens are kept in close confinement. I would never debeak my chicks. It isn’t even suggested for people with fewer than 50 chickens,
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Henhouse Interior for Now, May 17, 2023 I have spent almost two entire days, morning to sunset, in the enclosed hen pen, sitting with the chicks while they adapt to being outside critters. Doing so has helped them decide I’m a legitimate part of their flock, so now when I go out, two or
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