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Tips for an Orderly LifeApril 3, 2023890Views 0Likes 0Comments

When a-searchin' for a product to purchase, any time I see a "best of" or review guide by a newspaper such as The New York Times or Chicago Tribune, I am 1) more wont to trust them and believe them over a "best reviews" type of (often) spammy-ish website and 2) THRILLED to purchase anything…

Sweet, but not Sacchariny

CultchaApril 1, 2023956Views 0Likes 0Comments

I've always been a fan of coming-of-age stories, and I enjoy reading them and other young-adult fiction. And, well, I rather like a super-hero/chosen-one type of story, too. So, some years ago, after hearing quite a bit of chatter about Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" and "His Dark Materials," I read them, loved them, and was…

Arigatō

NatureMarch 31, 2023820Views 0Likes 0Comments

For as much as I rant annually about the regional, arboreal horror known as The Ever-so-Invasive (and not particularly attractive) Bradford Pear Trees, I would like to thank, deeply, every single home owner, shopping center developer, apartment complex landscaping professional and anyone who belongs on this list for planting many, many cherry trees in recent…

Corn truffles

NatureMarch 28, 2023827Views 0Likes 0Comments

Well, that's rather interesting. Folks be eatin' this, calling it a delicacy. I posted this photo on Facebook and was shocked by how many of my friends had tried it, and in many a case, liked it. Kinda like truffles, some said. OK, so that's one of those "I didn't know that but now I do"…

Presents!!

Little BitsMarch 27, 2023940Views 0Likes 0Comments

I'm no different than the rest of humanity. A surprise box (or pretty envelope) in the mail with a nice gift inside made my day all the nicer and gave my dopamine a little boost. Loving this new season-based lipstick Melany Carlos of House of Colour, Arlington sent me recently. I never/hardly ever wore lipstick for the…

A triangle in the sky

ExperiencesMarch 27, 2023880Views 0Likes 0Comments

I saw a never-seen-it-before, human-made thing this afternoon. As I looked up into the clear, blue sky, three planes, all roughly the same distance from each other appeared to be (with their vapor streams trailing after them) creating a tight, equal-sided triangle in the sky. For a very brief moment, that is. And then their flight…

Hark! Who goes there?

NatureMarch 27, 2023902Views 0Likes 0Comments

So, I went out this afternoon to catch some of the last rays of sun, hoop a bit and, well, enjoy the expanse of a big open field near my home in Maryland. As I finished up and started walking across the field and back home, suddenly the ground underneath me felt different. Kinda squishy. I looked…

That morning when

Stories big and smallMarch 27, 2023940Views 0Likes 0Comments

And then there's that morning where you're headed off to a wedding, and you were hoping (really hoping) the dark grape, winter-ish outfit you were planning to wear would work; but then you went outside to eat breakfast, and the sun and the warmth and the day and the season said, "No, alas. Not gonna…

Stunning!

Little BitsMarch 26, 20231KViews 2Likes 0Comments

In that thing you do on the internet, where one moment you're here, then the next moment you're there, then a moment later you're looking at THIS! I'm mesmerized by the color of her skin. She's stunning! Her name is Nyakim Gatwech. You can follow her on Instagram.

Yum, yum and yum!

Little BitsMarch 23, 2023920Views 0Likes 0Comments

I read/heard/learned some time ago that, per the wisdom of Chinese medicine, vinegar and sour foods were particularly beneficial to consume in spring. Not that I EVER need an excuse to consume vinegar. (I have quite the collection and have visions of a vinegar-tasting party where folks would bring their favorite vinegars, and we'd all sit…

Hype v. Facts

Things I PonderMarch 22, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Don't get me started. Gah. Erg. Blergh. Argh. Et cetera. (Ack! It looks like I got myself started!) The "data" and dates about generations is an epic mess. But, my friends, there is a model for making sense of that mess. That model shows how (and why) generations are formed in specific patterns and manners, and…

Going native

MemoriesMarch 18, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

If there is a "holiday" toward which I feel zero affiliation, inclination, interest or curiosity, it would be today's. Nothing personal for those of you who feel, and celebrate, otherwise. It simply isn't, has never been, and likely will never be my thang. 🐸 I will offer a little St. Patrick's Day story, though. About 10-ish years ago,…