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Weird Words, Part 6
Finagle I am hoping, really hoping, that quite a few of you use this word regularly. Hopefully, too, it isn’t just the over-the-hill crowd who uses it. I frequently think that my use of such words dates me. I mean I don’t look over-the-hill yet, right? Oh well, give it up Dianne. It’s a lost…
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Losing a Tooth
I had a tooth pulled yesterday, Friday, December 27, 2019. My appointment was for 1:30 p.m. I made the appointment on Monday morning. I had most of a week to obsess and worry about it. I excel at obsessing and worrying. As children, we sort of get used to losing teeth. For a while anyway…
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Time Flies
Before I go on, I’d just like to say that some of my favorite quotes are from Groucho Marx. One that comes to mind is “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” Gotta love that. Okay. So it’s hard for me to believe…
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Weird Words, Part 5
Flummox Don’t ask me when I used this word last. I couldn’t tell you. But it wasn’t all that long ago. Usually, you will hear it (when you hear it, which isn’t probably all that often really) with an “ed“ on the end of it. I don’t use it often, but when I do, I…
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Writer’s Block
Writer’s block is a lot like constipation. You know it’s in there; you just have to get it out somehow. And you know you will feel so much better when you do. There is nothing quite like writer’s block (except, of course, for the tasteless comparison I just made) to frustrate the heck out of…
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Charity Goes to a Party: An Exercise in Character Development
Every now and then when I was still writing content for a website, I would get an assignment. What follows is the result of one of them. I’ve dusted it off and looked at it again and realized it was a very good lesson. I’ll explain at the end. Charity didn’t have a clue what…
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What I Thought
When I was very young, I always thought that when I reached some in-determinant but greater years of age, I would finally be comfortable with me. That I would surely have fully explored the highway of my being. I would know my strengths and weaknesses, my superstitions and fears, what makes me happy and what…
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A Feast for the Body and Mind
Have you ever been to Sedona, Arizona? If you haven’t, you really need to go. Nestled in the Red Rock Country of Arizona with Oak Creek running through the middle of it, Sedona, Arizona is something you wouldn’t want to miss on your visit to Arizona. Sometimes called the Little Grand Canyon, Oak Creek Canyon…
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The Other End of the Leash: a Book Review
I have had cause to re-read a book I read several years ago. It’s written by Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D., and it really impressed me the first time I read it. This second time around I’ve gotten even more out of it. McConnell is an adjunct assistant professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
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