Jessie Newburn – Jessie Newburn Writer

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Things I PonderJuly 7, 202539Views 0Likes 0Comments

For the life of me, I no be understandin' why there is not and yet a widely -- or at least, to start, a reasonably -- available product that combines BOTH mosquito-repellent and anti-itch properties. Legit. By the time I'm often reaching for mosquito repellent, it is because I've been bit. (Those tiger mosquitoes are the worst!)…

IFKYK – MD FTW

Little BitsJune 28, 202564Views 0Likes 0Comments

For my fellow "Maryland is a cult, not a state" folks ...

For scale

Little BitsJune 23, 202586Views 0Likes 0Comments

If you've been thinking about going to Burning Man, prepare to walk a lot, bike a lot and, maybe, on occasion, hitch a ride on an art car going where its going, while you ride on or in it. The city is rather large, particularly when seen through the eyes of a pedestrian. (Pack several pairs…

misc maps

Things I PonderMay 28, 2025323Views 0Likes 0Comments

The US & Canada at night

Ever the hypocrite

Politics, Things I PonderMay 5, 2025205Views 0Likes 0Comments

He can't even put his money where his mouth is. This is our nation's Gaslighter in Chief. Hypocrite. Full of blather. Put up or shut up, Donald. #MadeinChina #Trump Oh, and class rings. That one looks to be the Class of '80. What a bunch of bunk we were sold back then, believing we needed to get…

A due-process-focused generation in the making

GenerationsMay 4, 2025247Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Silent generation (b 1925-1942 in the US) is dying out. They are the ARTIST archetype, the generational archetype which produces the greatest singers and songwriters, poets and playwrights, comedians and choreographers and more, more, more of its time and age. The Artist archetype also produces the greatest civil rights leaders, due process-oriented folks and administrators…

Life!

SynchronicitiesMay 4, 2025137Views 0Likes 0Comments

LIFE! Just yesterday, this and that popped into my mind, and I started telling someone a story about a friend I haven't seen or spoken to since about May of last year. And, yep, he called today. Yep. Less than 24 hours later.

Just another grifter

Little Bits, PoliticsMay 2, 202579Views 0Likes 0Comments

Smug AF Karoline Leavitt is married to a man with several mil to his name (that public records show). Yet she still owes $325,000 in debt for her failed 2022 Congressional campaign in New Hampshire -- debt which she didn't initially disclose with the Federal Elections Committee, and only revised recently. Says the article, "She owes more…

Oh, no! Not the first instars!

NatureApril 30, 202561Views 0Likes 0Comments

While I delight in this time of year, when the earth warms more and more by the day, and the much-missed green comes out in full force, I lament to inform you (those who care, at least) that I have spotted the first instar of the dreaded, invasive and really difficult to squash (because they're…

US exports to China … in 1784

Little BitsApril 30, 202583Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the various and sundry rabbit holes down which I travel, I was poking around and learning about the colonial American economy and life then when I encountered an article about American ginseng and how plentiful it was in Vermont in particular, as well as the Appalachians and much of the eastern forests of the…

Two worlds

Cultcha, PoliticsApril 28, 202555Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fox News vs The Economist (and pretty much every other national and international publication) on Trump's first 100 days as Felon-47. I guess it's easy to think he's a very stable genius when you get fed lies and propaganda all the time. For reference, do remember, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News 100% knew Biden had won the…

Ladies, we have a situation!

Little BitsApril 28, 202586Views 0Likes 0Comments

Off to the ballet we were -- three of us. A Saturday matinee and a girls' afternoon afterward. Heading out of my home, I had grabbed the purse that went best with my outfit, made sure my basics were in there -- wallet, keys and cell phone -- and off I went, first picking up one…