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MemoriesApril 27, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In my half-unconscious grab for my phone to check on various social media feeds this morning, my eyes lit on this AI-generated race-swap of various currently famous folk. (There are more images here in this link and more images at the bottom of this post.) As I scrolled through the images, my mind went to a…

Yes, yes, yes!

CultchaApril 26, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Oh, Grogu! How fortunate are we to live in an era of such wonderful entertainment, story-telling, creativity, fun and adventure. What brilliance in combining The Mandalorian with a baby Jedi such as Grogu. The level of communication that delightful micro-hero creates with his coos and babbles, his ever-moving eyes and ears, and his earnest and honest…

First try

ExperiencesApril 25, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I made, earlier this afternoon, some lilac simple syrup. Seemed a lovely idea. Lilacs are in season. Simple syrups are insanely quick and easy to make. And floral hints in drinks, punches and mocktails can be quite delicate and wonderful. Alas, I didn't think this one through, and while it's true the lilac flowers infused into…

Charlotte

Little BitsApril 24, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I just re-acquired that college standard, Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style." In reading the latest version with a new foreword, I have discovered something wonderful: E.B. White (of the Strunk & White masterpiece) is the E.B. White of "Charlotte's Web"! Strunk & White, back in college and my early professional days was quite the…

Is it real or is it Memorex?

CultchaApril 21, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In the manner of things inter-webby, I found myself staring at this image. Curiosity on full alert! Is this real? Can it be real? It's so realistic, it has to be real. It can't be real; it's probably AI, says my brain at first glance. I mean ... it's so odd. The clothing, the look, the…

Adapting

Tips for an Orderly LifeApril 20, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I'm nearing 59 now, but when I was in my 20s, for some reason, I would think often on "adaptive clothing." I didn't have a name for what that type of clothing was then; I just knew it was important--really important --that people of all abilities (and especially those with physical limitations) be able to…

Listen to me!

CultchaApril 19, 2023451KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I was scanning the WaPo headlines yesterday, as I do most days, when this headline grabbed my attention: "Opinion: Why reports of period weirdness after covid shots were ignored." Super-quick article summary: a woman started noticing her period flow increased significantly after receiving the Covid-19 vaccination; she contacted a former professor who had written a book…

Late for school

My books ... and bitsApril 18, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. My passenger is white, 16, female. She smells like soap, but not girly soap. Soap. She’s heading to school, though it’s after 10:30 a.m. She says she missed the school bus, then she tried to go to school this morning but the traffic was so bad she…

Four generations of chiropractors

Other WritingApril 17, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

An article I wrote for the Laurel Independent, published online here and here. ___ By Jessie Newburn “Like father, like son,” some say. Though in the case of the McAuliffe’s four-generational lineage of chiropractors, it’s more like, “Like grandfather, like son, like two daughters and two sons, and then like two more sons, as well…

Pretty prickly things

Little BitsApril 17, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

My lunch plans in DC today got rescheduled after I was already in the city, so I decided to make the best of things and stop by the national mall. Oy. Warm day. Spring. A weekend. The same day as the way-too-late-in-the-year-this-year Cherry Blossom Festival and the warm weather had the national mall swimming with people,…

Mi familia

Little BitsApril 17, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Life is good when such a photo opp presents itself. Love Patron. This little photo is like my family: Dad, mom, me, middle-kid sister and younger brother. Except, not really. I mean, if there was ever a not-alcohol-focused family, it was mine. Not teetotalers by any means. No religious compulsions or reasons not to drink. We…

Light me up!

Tips for an Orderly LifeApril 17, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Lighters and pens are the kind of things that are easy to hand to another person and never see again: the recipient (and new "owner") having no sense they walked off with your stuff. I had a bunch of stickers lying around that were sort of waiting for a mission, or some final resting place ...…