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Fear In Advertising
I recently read a post by a very perspicacious WordPress blogger. It was about the power of curiosity to motivate. It got me to thinking. Really good writing and really good posts do that to me. My husband and I haven’t watched broadcast television in a very long time. We don’t stream either. We get…
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Thunderstorms
There is so much to love about our home here in Wyoming. But there are a few things I miss about our previous home in Arizona. Thunderstorms are one of them. In our previous house, the nook off of our kitchen faced mainly east. During the summer, most of the weather came at us from…
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Daylight Saving Time
The state of Arizona ignores Daylight Saving Time (so does Hawaii and the various U.S. territories). So, with the exception of the Navajo Nation, Arizona stays on standard time year round. We lived in Arizona for about 28 years and really appreciated not having to leap forward and fall back every year. We got really…
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Chasm
It was long and narrow and looked to be about a hundred years old. It was made of rope and wood that was so weathered, you almost could not tell one from the other. It looked like it might fall completely to pieces if you blew on it too hard. There was no other way…
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Winter Food: Chili
What could be better on a cold winter day than chili? Okay, maybe there is also beef stew and chicken soup. But chili sort of says it all … hot, hearty and spicy. Just the right thing to warm you up from the inside. So, yes, the calendar says that we are very close to…
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Senyru 6
Dry powder snow like Smoke flowing across the ground Frigid, wind-driven
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Senyru 5
Early sun graces Morning’s cold, icy landscape Glitter fills the air Standing and looking out the living room window at the morning sun, I realized that the wind was blowing the powder snow off of the rooftops. All those tiny ice crystals were sparkling in the bright morning sun. So very beautiful. Words can’t really…
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Senyru 4
The dog and cat sleep Afternoon sun slants sharply Peace personified When I see our dog and cat sleeping peacefully, it always makes me smile. And I feel as if everything is right with the world no matter what might be happening. Photos courtesy of Alamy and One Green Planet respectively
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After
My name is Washte Kte and this is my story. I’ve written what will probably be my last message of hope. I don’t know how much longer they can keep the Internet functioning. It’s a wonder they’ve kept the electricity going as long as they have. I hope that my message reached the thousand or…
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Things I Just don’t Understand, Part Four
Car Bras Seriously. I have no idea why those things some people put on the front ends of their cars are called bras. They don’t hold anything up. They don’t give a better shape to the front end of the car. They don’t make the front of the car look larger than it is in…
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