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Seven Reasons Women Live Longer Than Men: #7

Even if you’ve seen these before – they are always good for a laugh. I inherited my copies fourth hand; if you can help me assign photo credits, please do so! Number 7: OK, Barring Wind or Earthquakes?

Before The Day Gets Used

The WordPress Daily Prompt asks: “6:00AM: the best hour of the day, or too close to your 3:00AM bedtime?” Neither. Both. Sometimes. My answer has changed over the years. It used to be that I was only up at dawn if I was still up from the night before. If I could set my own […]

Free Ebook: WAS IT A RAT I SAW

Until the end of October, 2013, get a free e-copy of WAS IT A RAT I SAW, my psychological thriller involving split brain research, animal rights, and a love quadrangle. I’ve recently distributed some copies for readers’ reviews and I am thrilled to report that so far the ratings have been great! Here’s how to get your […]

To Read or To Re-Read? (Musings and mini-reviews)

My To Read list is decades long, so I rarely stop to re-read a book, no matter how much I love it. Lately I’ve made exceptions, though, for books that mattered to me long ago. With some, I’ve been curious about whether they would hold up. With others, I’ve simply wanted to reunite with old friends. […]

Today’s Lessons in Haste and Humility

Lesson Number 1: When your blog post has links, check each link before publishing. I’m thinking you don’t need details to imagine how this lesson came to be. Lesson Number 2: Do not rely on Pages‘ spell- or grammar-checker. I much prefer Apple’s word-processing software, Pages, to Microsoft Word. But then I hate Word and avoid […]

Java Joints in Space

Today’s prompt says: NASA is building a new Voyager spacecraft that will carry the best of modern human culture. What belongs onboard? That spacecraft must have onboard a small independent coffee house.  In this coffee house, the menu should be handwritten, few of the wooden chairs and tables can match, and the room must be oddly […]

Book Review: Who I Am by Pete Townshend

Today’s Daily Post wants to hear about the blog post I was most nervous to publish. I don’t have a particular post in that category, but always feel discomfort when I let a post reveal something deeply true about me.  I’ll post it anyway – in between the cat pictures –  because I so respect blogs […]

Dearest Blog, I Once Was Cool!

Dearest Blog, I have neglected you of recent. Although I miss you, I cannot say why I’ve gone silent nor when it will end. Certainly, I have my reasons. First, I went away for a week of family reunions. By the time I got home, my special buddy, the enormous former kitten Leo, had gone […]

Book Review: “Dirty Work” by Reid Farrel Coleman

3 STARS Nothing overtly wrong with this book – potentially interesting characters including a detective who is a midget with a chip on his shoulder, okay story. But the writing is far too spare and simple for my tastes. I prefer mysteries with atmosphere and complexity. This is a very thin book part of a […]

Can You Guess Where I Am?

I’ve left my home in California to attend a family reunion in one of the other States of the U.S. Another State and another state! I’m definitely not in California anymore. Now I’m wondering whether the curiosities of this visit are unique, or can be found many places that are not-California. So – does this […]