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Opinionated writer with hopes for a better future for all plus a big helping of cynicism.
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THE SMALL DOG IS UNDER WEATHER… By Sue Vincent, “LIFE FROM THE TAIL END”
FROM ANI, THE SMALL DOG OF SUE VINCENT, ON THE OH SO FAMILIAR SUBJECT OF “GETTING OLD.” I’ve been feeling under the weather, I’ve been feeling under the weather, It is winter and bones can get cold… Especially when you… Read More ›
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SIGNS OF THE THYMES
Cooked a decent chili for dinner. Used my new Instant Pot. I needed to read the directions more carefully and not glance at them. Meanwhile, Garry found this headline in the New York Post. Sexually frustrated: NYC ‘sex house’ residents… Read More ›
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UP WITH THE LARK
Up with the lark! No larks, but other birds. All permanent locals. These birds live here all year round. We’ll start to see the migrants in March. Late March, probably.
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COVID SARS 19 – NOT DETECTED
We have colds. COVID-SARS 19 was Not Detected. We’re good – until the next cold! I looked at our medical records and realized this is the fourth time we’ve been tested for COVID. About every third month we get “something”… Read More ›
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SQUARELY UP THE STREET
Up My Street So there I was in Providence, which is just about 20 minutes south of here — just as Worcester is about 20 minutes north of here. Uxbridge is in the middle which is why, once upon a… Read More ›
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FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #104: EDUCATION!
Fandango’s Provocative Question #104: WHAT SHOULD THEY TEACH IN SCHOOL? Fandango wants to know… How about just about anything? Like history? Literature? Truth? Science? Philosophy? Right and wrong? Hey, how about teaching them some kind of math that lets… Read More ›
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GLUED TO THE NEWS
I admit it. Other than a short car ride with Owen today, I watched the news. Garry has a cold. Not a really bad cold, but he was already bummed having realized that NOTHING he thought was going to get… Read More ›
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YESTERDAY AND AGAIN, TODAY
Yesterday was really a wild day for news and probably it will be the same today. I think — or at least I profoundly hope — that the biggest group of crazies has blown their cover and won’t be able… Read More ›
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THE WILD WILD WORLD OF NEWS
It’s not as if the past four years have been a peaceful period in the news biz. News has been hyperactive since Bill Clinton’s administrations. It has been full of wars (new and old), racial and social divisions, immigration, terrorism,… Read More ›
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THAT BIG SILVER DISCO BALL!
Upwardly Mobile When was the last time you saw a disco ball on the ceiling of a club? When was the last time you were in a club? For that matter, when was the last time you went dancing? I… Read More ›
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TRUTHFUL TUESDAY ON THURSDAY
Truthful Tuesday: January 13th, 2020 I have been so obsessed by watching the news for the past few days, I hadn’t had time to even read my comments. Apparently neither did anyone else. Along with the alarming nature of the… Read More ›
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I WOULD NEVER LET THESE LOVELY CREATURES ANYWHERE NEAR MY UPHOLSTERY
Don’t sit on the upholstery More birds. Today was the day I figured out why my camera was taking pictures in RAW which I never intended to do. I found the setting! Yay! I also did a little bit of swapping… Read More ›
