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DST

DST

Just whose bright idea was this, anyway? I want my  hour back.  NOW.   Remind me…how much time are we saving?   Come back NEXT Tuesday.

Multiple Creativity

Multiple Creativity

I don’t know if that’s someone else’s phrase, or if I just coined it, so let’s just take it from here, shall we? In my ever growing circle of writing friends, there is a common thread. All of us have more than one creative pastime. There’s writing, of course. But many of my friends are […]

Just For Fun Friday 02/06/2015

Just For Fun Friday 02/06/2015

You think life today is weird?  I recently ran across a tale of Einstein’s brain so bizarre, you’d swear that Mary Shelley was at it again. The story is rife with controversy.  One version says when Einstein died in 1955, his brain was stolen.  Einstein himself had left specific instructions to be cremated and for […]

Just For Fun Friday 01/30/2015

Just For Fun Friday 01/30/2015

Ahh….it’s the end of January, and The Tax Man Cometh….. I opened my mailbox on December 31 once and discovered the tax forms in it. It must have been a bad year for the government – I’d never gotten them before the first of the year before!   While scrolling through Schott’s Original Miscellany, I […]

Traditions - New and Old

Traditions – New and Old

This past month or so the subject of traditions has come up in our family several times.  Personally, I’m on the fence about them. I get tired of repeating the same meal or doing the same thing on a specific holiday. But there’s comfort in them, too.  I recognize the serenity in being able to […]