I’m no longer a spring chicken and, although I plan to live a great deal longer, there are no guarantees. So, recently, I have been thinking of what will become of my Kelley archives and treasures: the many things the Kelleys had me choose from the always-arriving sample boxes that Paramount’s Consumer Products department […]
I have three dental appointments in the next two weeks. The first one is a simple, quick follow-up to see how my implant site is healing. (It’s fine, but they want to see it.) The next one is to fix a porcelain veneer that cracked; half of it fell off. They say they
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My friend and EVER NEW co-host Hannah McCrane flew home to New Jersey last night after an eight-day stay that had us galavanting most days to complete the bucket list I made for her first visit to the west coast. Hannah and Lisa took nearly all of the images at NW Trek (which you’ll
In two days I will probably disappear for a week from all social media EXCEPT for our Podcast, EVER NEW, on October 8th at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time. This is because my co-host on EVER NEW, Hannah McCrane, will be here for a week starting Saturday and I very much doubt I will be
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It’s time to ‘fess up. There are times when I do some pretty dumb things. Today I thought I’d share a few to tickle your funny bone. RAIN-EX SAGA Lisa and I bought spray bottles of Rain-Ex the other day. When she bought her vehicle last year, it had Rain-Ex on the windshield
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Well, well, well. A lovely side effect of my dental implant surgery is that my minor (but irritating!) brain fog has disappeared, and I hope for good. Was it the laughing gas, the oxygen, the surgery itself or all three that created this small miracle? I dunno, but I’m very grateful. So,
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Today is Day Two (48 hours) following dental implant surgery. Here is what I’ve learned that I want to be sure to pass along to those of you who may have it in the future. You can save up to 40% by having a University School of Dentistry do the dental implant (and many
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Reporter Craig Sailor reached out again to me this morning with a few follow up questions. We spent about 45 minutes more together. I’m anticipating a terrific article from him, based on the small intro he read to me this morning. He’s working diligently to get everything right. He had questions that tied one
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My stalwart co-host on EVER NEW, Hannah McCrane, will be my house guest for a week in October. WHEEE! We have three things planned so far: a trip to Northwest Trek a trip to the coast (Pacific Ocean and/or Puget Sound) lots and lots of De Time Things we will NOT be doing:
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Several years ago, I wrote a 248-word evergreen postcard for a client for $900. It earned him $25,000 in the first two months alone, and at that time he proclaimed me his go-to copywriter from now on. He never sent me a bonus for the phenomenal job I did. (That was my first clue…)
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