LEAPFROG is here!
It’s been a long gestation, longer than you’d expect for such a small book. But it’s finally here — sort of — and you, my readers, were a big part of it (you’re in the Acknowledgments). I’m excited to announce … Read More
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It’s been a long gestation, longer than you’d expect for such a small book. But it’s finally here — sort of — and you, my readers, were a big part of it (you’re in the Acknowledgments). I’m excited to announce … Read More
This is not a DST story. It is a turn back time story though. Sort of. A story came to my attention last week that I just couldn’t ignore. Along the lines of the breastfed six-year old post I did … Read More
Or should that be Faux News Redoe? It’s late; I’m trying to be cute. My apologies. Today I’m revisiting the post I did two weeks ago. Here it is again if you missed it: A Look At Fake News This … Read More
It’s Halloween, the time to celebrate death. ghosts, goblins, vampires, and zombies. It’s the time you get to be someone or something else. For me, it’s the holiday when costumed strangers show up uninvited and demand some form of extortion … Read More
Fake news is nothing new. Fifty years ago this week, the world reeled with the news that Paul McCartney – the really cute Beatle – had died and been replaced with an imposter! For those caught up in the Beatlemania … Read More
As promised, we’re looking at boredom today: the irony and the paradox. I’ll begin by admitting I don’t remember ever feeling bored. Ever. Maybe I was and have long since forgotten; that’s a possibility. But in general, feeling bored is … Read More
I’m re-running a post from 2016, with some edits. With thanks to thinglink.com for the image. Prior to today’s post preparation, I knew this holiday mostly through its connection to “the Yom Kippur War” of 1973. As a result, I set out … Read More
Alpha Mom asked me to take this week’s post as she’s a bit preoccupied with her homework for a new training she’s in. She says she’ll write about it once she’s done and can look back with perspective. I … Read More
For the past twelve years, from mid August to mid-September, I have conscientiously and diligently pulled out, by the roots, the many varieties of goldenrod from where they grew along the edges of the woods. This is not a … Read More