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Celebrating Hitting 300!

Nope. Not talking baseball. Although I do love baseball. However . . . Ever since that time my boy Max was catching and I was up, batting lefty,and caught him in the head on my backswing . . . well, suffice to say, I'm benched.

But I have been doing something in secret that now, on this 300th day, I'm Celebrating!Cue the Band!

...be kind to your fine feathered friends/for a duck maybe some-body’s mo-th-er!

For 300 consecutive days, midst two moves, construction, vacation, births a...

Celebrating Hitting 300!For

No, I don't mean baseball. Although I do love baseball, however....

Ever since that time my boy Max was catching and I was up, batting lefty and caught him in the head on my backswing....well, suffice to say, I'm benched.

But I have been doing something in secret that now, on this 300th day I must celebrate! Cue the Band!

...be kind to your fine feathered friends/for a duck maybe some-body’s mo-th-er!

For 300 consecutive days, midst two moves, construction, vacation, births and bir...

Don't Toss The Baby Out With the Bathwater!

I Googled these...what'r Yours??

Happy 2017! It's a new dawn, a new day, a new calendar waiting to be filled with good intentions.Many of us--maybe you, definitely me, are making or have already made resolutions. (Since one of mine (which I've already broken) is to be timely, you already have your resolutions SET. IN. STONE.

If you're like me, many of those resolutions are intended to break bad habits: Eat Better! Exercise More! Organize! Be More Loving! More Creative! More...Better...Best......

who + what + how = a better world

Someone, sometime back told me the difference between an Optimist and a Pessimist's view of an event.

An Optimist is never surprised and always disappointed. Whereas, a Pessimist is never disappointed and always surprised.

— A Pessimist

That definition bugs the heck out of me. It makes being an Optimist feel like a sorry state of being. Why? Because of that word "Surprise."

Who doesn't love a surprise?

Who doesn't like to be surprised?

I can not tell you how many times I've pondered it, w...

Need a Little Snappy Happy-Ever After, Too?

My hands-down favorite stick-in-my head musical number goes, "We need a little music/need a little laughter/need a little snappy happy-ever-after...

That's what I need right now, and I'm thinking with the news swirl and holidays upon us you do too. In truth, I didn't post last week because I couldn't think of anything Pollyanna-ish to say that didn't sound phoney-baloney.

(For those of you unfamiliar with the term "Pollyanna", according to my old-standard go-to, Merriam-Webster (since 1828),A...

Those Long Dead White Dudes Did It . . .

Back in the beforetime, before short skirts or yoga pants. Before American woman had the “right” to vote, or own homes, or for that matter, ourselves, women were writing.

In fact, “Female journalists were among the first to record, comment on, and publicize the events leading up to the Revolutionary War,” noted curators of the National Women’s History Museum exhibit, “Women with a Deadline.” But . . . did those white dudes buying and reading the papers want to read what they had to say? Not...

Honor the Super Moon

Today, dawn to dawn, the moon will be closer to the earth than it has been since Jan 26, 1948 and will be again until 2034.

In honor of the Super Moon, I've put together a playlist to put you in the mood to moongaze.

If you're inspired to try to capture the moon take a tip from NASA Photographer, Bill Ingalls:

1. Include landmarks in the picture

Make sure you put something in the same frame as the moon, perhaps a building or some other land-based object. Without any other object for reference...

Who’s Pres Isn’t Everything . . .

Freak Out time is now! Next Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the 45th President of these United States, a new Unofficial Leader of the Free World, will be elected. Although most of the freaking being done is over which of the two primary candidates will win the presidential election, these are not the only 2 candidates on the ballot— 4 other candidates (and in some states more) are also running for President. What more, GASP . . .Buzz aside, who will be our 45th president might not be the most impo...

We Need to Talk About First Ladies . . .

Or, Who's going to worry about the China Collection?

It’s less than a month until Tuesday, November 8, 2016-Election Day! (I’ll be voting—I hope you will too.)

Even if you are sick, sad, tired, disgusted by this presidential campaign thus far—VOTE!

Even if you don’t want to vote for either of the presidential candidates—Please, go to the Polls & VOTE! Presidents aside, there are many other issues on the ballots: Propositions, inc. TAX proposals; elected officials . . . i.e. local & state issue...

Ban My Book…Please!!!

So proud to find Tom Birdseye's hysterical book on the list! Write on,Tom!

It’s hump day of Banned Book week. Yes, I know, traditionally “Hump Day” is Wednesday. But that’s based on a 5-day work week. I moved Hump Day to the 4.5th day for those of us who follow a 7-day/every-day work week). That settled, back to my rant. . I’ve been known to jest, “Ban my book, please…” (Especially after Vampire Baby and Not Norman were published.)

As the saying goes, “Most truth is said in jest.” True. Bu...