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Doing what we do

Little BitsSeptember 28, 20221KViews0Likes0Comments
Over at a friend's house the other day, she made a few fussy sounds when her Walmart order arrived and she hadn't received the particular candy corn she'd requested.  "What's the big deal?" I asked.  Upon which she explained the candy corn were just too darn sweet (she has a point there) and that she…

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Forgotten territories?

Things I PonderSeptember 26, 20221KViews0Likes0Comments
The first time I heard of / learned of Puerto Rico's financial difficulties was one time when Lin-Manuel Miranda slammed a plea for PR debt forgiveness into an interview. He mentioned some obscure "little" IRS law (Section 936 of the Internal Revenue Code) that changed PR's financial outlook dramatically and perhaps irreversibly. Interesting, I thought, though…

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Wrapping up

NatureSeptember 16, 20221KViews0Likes0Comments
'Tis the season of late summer. Of early fall harvests. The time when many a plant give their last hurrah, their fruit, their seeds. I can talk a good game about gardening, though truth be told, it's my 82-and-change mom who is the brains and primary caretaker of the garden. I mostly provide additional muscle and…

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Blue fungus

NatureSeptember 11, 20221KViews0Likes0Comments
At a neighborhood barbecue recently, I wanted to prepare the Solo Stove for the night-time "mini bonfire" ahead. I started gathering some kindling and smaller wood from a nearby woodpile when my eyes spotted something that made me go, "Huh? What's that?" I saw blue coming out the ends of a dried and long-dead piece of…

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Bandaids

Little BitsSeptember 8, 20221KViews0Likes0Comments
I think I've used maybe one bandaid in the past year or two, but somehow needed TWO today! One new piece of glass/tupperware stuff chipped and I cut my finger. And then later, mandolining an onion -- as I've done many, many, many dozens of times -- my fingers slipped a tinsy bit and I…

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