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January 30, 2023
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Go-Tos and Abstract
While poking around the internet, I came across this site. There are probably more like this, but this is the one I found: ManualsLib: The Ultimate Manuals Library. Just use the search bar to input the make and model of whatever you need a manual…
January 29, 2023
SundaySnapshot: Trellis
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: climbing MA
January 28, 2023
Caturday: Tipper Suffers
Hi there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what. Chickie and I got in a play fight, and she scratched me in the face! Momma said, “It’s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.” Momma says I should be setting a good example, but…
January 27, 2023
Kinda Hopeful, Courtesy of Ally Oop – Fridays For Future, Climate Strike Online
What 5,000-year-old skeletons tell us about living with climate change Collapse isn’t inevitable. New research shows that nimble, cooperative societies adapted best to rapid shifts.
January 26, 2023
Thursday Doors: Corning, New York 6
There’s a plaza in Corning that’s paved in brick, which is one of my favorite things in the world. On one side is a bank: On the other side is a parking garage: So beautiful! I got a good picture of a red barn with…
January 25, 2023
One-Liner Wednesday: A Regional Shibboleth
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary: late 14c., in Bible translations, the Hebrew word shibboleth, meaning “flood, stream,” also “ear of corn,” as used in Judges xii.4-6. During the slaughter at the fords of Jordan, the Gileadites took it as a password to distinguish their men…
January 24, 2023
Food: Vegan Feast With Tofu (Yum!)
I do love me some tofu. Many people don’t like it because it can be squidgy. Many people like it squidgy. It wasn’t squidgy this way. So I cut a carrot into pieces about the same size and I took a slice of super-firm tofu…
January 23, 2023
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Beach!
I’ve had my mind on Tybee Island lately. Tybee Island is just off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. I spent a week there, lo, these many years ago, and I’m still running on the fumes. Fans of Lonnie and Tiny know I sent them (and…
January 22, 2023
Sunday Snapshot: When A Mermaid Calls
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Where are those sparkles coming from? Not mine, your imaginary ones. MA
January 21, 2023
Caturday: Wet-Tailed Adi
Hewwo. Um, I’m Adi, okay? EverMom had to give me anudder baff. Chickie: Tell her what you did! I don’t wanna. Chickie: I told about how I poked a hole in Mommy. Um, okay. She wrapped me up in a towel after my baff, but…
