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#WQWWC #41: Writer’s Choice or Order

Featured Bloggers JANE AGUIAR ME AND MY LITERATURE KIRSTIN TROYERS LOVING LIFE KL NEW 2 WRITING LADY LEE LADY LEE MANILLA BLOG SADJE LIFE AFTER 50 FOR WOMEN IT’S EASY […]

PPAC #10: Symbolic Public Art in Australia

Public art is encompasses any form of art you see in a public place, large or small, statues, murals, graffiti, gardens, parks, etc. The art should be visible from streets, […]

Sunday Stills/FOTD #15: Toowoomba’s Premiere History Quilt

My friend, Terri Webster Schrandt on her blog Second Wind […]

LAPC #161: Feet and Shoes Walking 60 Miles in 3 Days

This week Leya challenges us to share our pictures of […]

#Sunday Stills: China Doll in Pink

Terri Webster Schrandt of Second Wind Leisure assures us that our archives are full of pinks to satisfy this week’s #Sunday Stills challenge. My pinks are mostly roses. However, Cee […]

Denyse Whelan’s Women of Courage Series

I met Denyse while I was substituting for Terri Webster Schrandt on Sunday Stills. We chatted a bit and found out that we were both retired from years in education. […]

Sunday Stills: Celebrating Past Pets

Lens-Artist Challenge # 145 Getting to Know You Thank you to Terri Webster Schrandt of Sunday Stills and to ScillaGrace the guest host of LAPC for their wonderful topics. They […]

#Tanka Tuesday: Dreams of Medical Immortality

#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 217 Theme – Immorality” “The purpose of life is a life with a purpose. So, I’d rather die for a cause than live a life […]

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Beating the Sheltering at Home Doldrums

Would the Lion King Shelter at Home? Nutter Butter, our two-year-old cat recently started balking at the enforcement of the governor’s stay at home orders. He has a cat cage […]

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Bellavista Gardens Resort Combating Coronavirus

Walking benefits your heart, lungs, eyes and mood. Vince and […]

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How to Recognize a Scammer When You Meet Him or Her in 2017

A Scammer Scans for the Vulnerable A scammer found my […]

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How Cruz-TA-Welding Kept Us Law Abiding in 2017

Thanks, Cruz-TA-Welding! Early on April 29th, Vince opened the gate […]

How Do You Say,”Thank You So Much” to a Whole Town?

Winning an Award Is Not All About The Winners Seriously! […]

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How to Have Fun with a Little Pysanky

Pysanky Just Sounds Fun Pysanky panky! (piss sank key) Right? When I signed up to win a class to learn pysanky at the Woodlake High School Foundation Dinner, I had no […]

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How to Find Your Stolen iPhone With Lost My iPhone

Lost My iPhone App May Not Locate Your Stolen iPhone […]

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What Opportunities Do Small Town High Schools Offer Students?

#NaBloPoMo Day 18 Opportunities Abound in Woodlake, CA You think […]

Visalia Taste of the Arts: How to Create a Veggie Masterpiece

Day 24 Ultimate Blog Challenge #blogboost #oddballphotochallenge Visalia Taste of […]

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Leon Panetta Shares Political Trade Secrets in Fresno

Ultimate Blog Challenge Day 19 #blogboost Do you have Towne […]

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Can Photography Mirror Perfection?

Easy Answer Photographers seek to mirror what they see, so in reality, whatever we photograph mirrors life as we see it. Now to dig deeper into the meaning of mirror. Mirror, […]

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Pragmatically Optimistic About Life

“Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.” Bob Dole Sixteen year old Golda could have bemoaned her life of trying to live down the stigma of her father’s […]

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Christmas Greetings

Christmas love can happen all year. This family gathering took place in Delaware in November when I visited my mom’s cousin, Hal. Marvin Awbrey sent me a series of children’s […]

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Discussions About Answers to Hard Questions Like Race and Politics

It’s 2:27 a.m. here in Delaware. I’ve been visiting […]

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Klutz of the Year Award: The Art of Falling Without Breaking Anything

I have awarded myself the Klutz of the Year Award. […]

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Happy Holidays and A Parade of Thanks

Here it is Christmas Eve, and I’ve hardly mentioned Christmas this year or wished you all Happy Holidays. I hope you all have wonderful plans with friends and family for […]

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Travel Theme: Broken – Rattlesnake Hunting No More!

We didn’t travel far to experience the fastest breaking the […]

Weekly Travel Themes: Noise

Vince and I come to Avila Beach in Central California to escape the quiet tranquility of our country home in the hot Central Valley. At the Friday night street fair […]

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Don’t Underestimate Repair Times for your Travel Trailer

On the way back from the coast, the bottom panel […]

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Crazy Women Don’t Blog, But What Do They Do?

Hi everyone, It’s true, crazy people don’t write blogs. I’ve […]

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Happy Mother’s Day One and All

I am not a mother, a “real” mother, but like everyone else, I had a mother. And she loved me. And I loved her. Many people have just the opposite […]

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“What Did You Do Today?”

Don’t you hate it when your mate comes home from a hard day at work, or your boss comes up to you and says those words? Moms do this to […]

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Manny Here

Dear Friends, I am writing for Mom this morning cause she has her nose in her book all the time. I’ve been making some resolutions as I sit here on […]

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Christmas At Home

This is my 500th post to you. Thank you all for being friends and readers. Over the past year and a half many of you have become dear, dear friends. […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!

Light makes me bubble with joy. Let there be light! When I was a child, we had family December light-viewing rituals. From early in the season to a few nights […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

I walk every day at least two or three miles. It helps me eat more sweets, which is what I really love. When we travel, my husband walks with me […]

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How to Be Attractive at Any Age

My father actually told my mother that the reasons, among others, they divorced was because I was ugly and she was fat. Many years later, when I my brother, his […]

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Wheels

Wheels have many uses, and a few useless jobs. One of the less important tasks is to take you up in the air. Patrick Meehan, an engineering student, published an […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Pet Games

Kalev is not overly playful with toys. She’s a lover. She pulls your hand in with her paw, and puts it on her tummy to rub her. She twists her […]

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Monday: Ask Marsha: Making Italian Sauce

Vince’s Dad was the sauce maker in the family. Every Sunday he made sauce. We would go to visit, and Dad would always send us plenty of sauce home with […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge – The world through your eyes

For the most part I see things through rose-colored glasses, […]

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Relaxing – Organizing and Cleaning the Junk Room

Everyone has a little clutter. Today is cleaning day. Working […]

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Weekend Relaxing #2 Gardening

I have decided that picking most fruits and vegetables is best done by children who love to play games. I think that fruits and vegetables get their jollies by playing […]

Manny Goes to Grove Cafe in Kauai, HI

We, V, C, M and I, just got back from a wonderful vacation in Kauai, HI. Manny’s favorite place in all of Kauai was a famous restaurant in the little […]

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Investing Before and During Retirement

Today I thought I would write about investing for retirement. I didn’t invest by doing anything difficult or brilliant, but I am pleased with my outcome at this point. When […]

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WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

Have you ever wanted to escape from your past? From the faults and character qualities of your family that you didn’t like or admire? We always sort of disowned my […]