“I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat.” – Mark Twain Mark Twain, a master wordsmith, had much to say on the topic of compliments. The one above is perhaps my favorite, but it’s hard to choose. He realized what a necessity, and what a trap, and what […]
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It has been a quarter century since his passing, and I still dream about Deaken, my “serval son.” September 11th this year will mark the 25th anniversary of Deaken’s death. So I guess it’s only natural that last night (or this morning), I had an initially disturbing dream about having forgotten to check
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Several days ago, we were alerted by the neighbors that a cougar was sighted in our neighborhood. I will confess to being both elated and alarmed when I heard the news. I was elated because I have never seen a cougar in the wild. I have known several cougars personally (Poppy is the
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WOO HOO! I Just Landed a New, Long-Term Writing Gig! It’s 10 hours per week for $900/week. This means I won’t have to go looking for additional work for the foreseeable future! What a relief!!! I’ll be writing blog posts for a well established expert. That’s content writing, not copywriting (which is a
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My video interview with Roger D. Noriega is scheduled for 7PM Monday night, so mark your calendars if you want to hear/learn more about DeForest Kelley and see me looking like I have a starring role in Li’l Abner, given my missing front tooth which can’t be fixed until after COVID dies down again, since
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A new mask mandate goes into effect here in Washington State in just three days, so I hope to see a lot more masks Monday than I saw today while I was out and about doing my sister’s bidding! Jackie wanted cake donuts, so I drove to three places looking for some. There were
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Heather Cox Richardson has hit the nail squarely on the head again. Visit what this historian has to say before you read any farther. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-19-2021?r=bfn97&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2BhgNW9i00i4cs9PRW6FaIyJqrJtkqC9cFNweaiFlVqD_k1Hn3uVA8wko Every red-blooded American needs to call their Congress Critters and demand that they create a “carve out” for the John Lewis Voting Rights Bill so the GOP doesn’t
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Last night I dreamed I met actor Robert Preston, the original leading man in the Broadway hit The Music Man, and ended up performing one of his set pieces for him. It was pretty wild! In the dream, I recognized him from a distance (although he was older in my dream than he
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/24/its-in-the-air-you-breathe-what-you-need-to-know-about-sydneys-delta-covid-variant A close relative who’s very gregarious and always going places tested positive for COVID this past week, and I’ve been in relatively close contact with them recently. So I have been re-tested for COVID (thankfully, I tested negative, I’m vaccinated, and I wear my N95 mask religiously and wash/sanitize my
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When @CarolLeonnig and I asked Trump why he repeatedly told the public things that were not true, he said, “Are you talking about disinformation or are you talking about lies? There is a more beautiful word called disinformation.” A more beautiful word.https://t.co/B5ynf79rli — Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 19, 2021 The immediate past occupant of
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