— First of all, thank you to Bette Stevens of 4WRITERSANDREADERS who has honored me with the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. This means a lot to me. As I go about my daily life, paying bills, figuring out how we’re going… Read More ›
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Sisterhood is powerful! Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award!
I could not resist the opportunity to join the Sisterhood of World Bloggers. It’s not for the award, though awards are nice. It’s for the pleasure of sisterhood, something in which I believe with my whole heart. Throughout my life,… Read More ›
Coercion By Any Other Name: Technology, Stupidity and Windows 8
It’s Official: Windows 7 is “Out” and Windows 8 is “In” Oh yeah? And who’s gonna make me? I am very out of sorts about this. Windows 7 is a stable, highly functional operating system that lets me run my… Read More ›
Better late than never? Accepting (finally) the Super Sweet Award!
Super Swe-e-e-e-et Award! BY CATNIPOFLIFE ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 Last night I baked banana bread and when I added the sugar, I remembered you. Yay Sharla! Thanks for the Super Sweet, Super Easy Just Plain Fun award! I want to thank you… Read More ›
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us – Walt Kelly and Pogo
“We have met the enemy… and he is us” I receive many inquiries concerning this quote, so perhaps this page will answer most questions, and explain the origins. From the foreword to The Pogo Papers, Copyright 1952-53 “The publishers of this… Read More ›
Presidential Election: “Sad and Tragic Day for Our Nation” ?
See on Scoop.it – In and About the News – After hearing that President Barack Obama had just been reelected to a second four-year-term as our nation’s president I turned to my laptop and watched as Facebook suddenly became a… Read More ›
Spam! Canned meat and junk email!
Among the many dark secrets to which I will never have an answer is this: How did a slimy, over-salted canned meat switch its identity and become pornographic electronic junk mail? Inquiring minds want to know. Even more puzzling is… Read More ›
Ten useful things I’ve learned about blogging
I started this blog in February 2012, but it wasn’t until the end of May that I started to write regularly. Before that, I posted erratically and rarely. In September, I tossed off a very short post about Criminal Minds… Read More ›
How Come They Don’t Simply Open the Windows? A Film Maven’s Dialogue
Earlier today, my husband the movie maven wrote me and a few of his old TV pals. He had a question, perhaps one that has long needed answering. Given the cost and scarcity of panes of glass in Ye Olde… Read More ›
Weekly Writing Challenge: Mind the Gap — Being a kid only looks easy …
I could wax sentimental on childhood. The innocence, the fun, the lack of responsibility. But that would be a lie. It wasn’t easy. Innocent? Not as much as pop psychology and sentiment would like it to be. Growing up is… Read More ›
Weekly Writing Challenge: A Splash of Color – Bathed in Gold
– The color of the light in October is amber, more so as the evening draws on and the sun hangs low in the late afternoon sky. Gold washes everything. Gold glows in the leaves that remain on the trees…. Read More ›
Explainer: understanding Sopa: IMPORTANT!!
See on Scoop.it – Movie From Mavens Will 2012 see the end of the internet as we know it? The House judiciary committee tried to finalize the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) before Christmas for a vote early next year…. Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 