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Susan Richards is a retired editor who thinks old editors never die, they just revert to type.
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I know the feeling
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Voila! Problem solved
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Gaming Grandma’s happy place
In recent weeks, there’s been little news worth hearing and tv has devolved into holiday specials and reruns. The only channel I watch much anymore is the Weather Channel. As a result, since its release on October 26, I’ve been… Read More ›
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It’s Color of the Year time
Ppantone has announced its Color of the Year for 2019 — “Living Coral.” Without having read their usually overblown, hyperbolic description, I’d venture to call it bright, springy, happy. However, as soon as I think of it paired with turquoise,… Read More ›
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So ugly she’s cute
Meet Tonks, the Denver Zoo’s baby aye-aye. She was born August 8 and is just emerging from her nesting box. Her parents are Bellatrix and Smeagol (appropriate name!). Only 24 aye-ayes live in seven zoos in the US. They are extremely… Read More ›
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Man’s best friend
Nothing has touched me more in the last few days than this picture of Sully, Pres. George H.W. Bush’s service dog, lying beside his master’s casket. Sully, named after Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger of “Miracle on the Hudson” fame, joined… Read More ›
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Honor, dignity, humility
R.I.P. George Herbert Walker Bush 1924 – 2018 41st President of the United States
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‘One Voice’ for the holidays
I received this video this morning from 1bl0gr3ad3r and wanted to share it with everyone. Turn up your volume, go to full screen mode, and enjoy. Wishing everyone a happy holiday season! _________________________________ Notes from YouTube: This holiday season The… Read More ›
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My visual Freudian slip
I was reading a news item this morning about Trump and the frightening new climate change report that he released in the wee hours of Black Friday night, hoping few would see it. The New York Times said the report’s findings… Read More ›
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Money and morality
From the New York Times newsletter this morning: • Quotation of the day “A country that can’t be trusted with a bone saw shouldn’t be trusted with nuclear weapons.” — Representative Brad Sherman, Democrat of California and a member of… Read More ›
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It’s Turkey Day in the USA
Wishing everyone a wonderful day filled with warmth, love, food, and fun. Cheers!
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NRA: ‘This is our lane’
If the NRA wants to claim that the issue of gun rights and gun ownership is theirs alone (“our lane”), that’s going to be a problem — because they aren’t willing to also accept the responsibility for fixing the problem… Read More ›
